History of the Nanaimo Lions Club

Veterans returning from WW II in 1945 and 1946 were looking for something to give them some purpose in the community and they decided to charter a Lions Club. They got Ladysmith Lions Club to sponsor them and Gabriel Brown was installed as the Charter President in March 1947. From that day forward the Nanaimo Lions Club has played an integral part in the community raising funds to help those in need, building may community structures and offering an opportunity to citizens to serve their community as Lions Club Members.

Past Presidents

1947 Gay Brown 47/48 Grant Williams 48/49 Tip Bertram

49/50 Haig Burns 50/51 Jack Neil 51/52 Andy Vanger

52/53 Harvey Murphy 53/54 Gordon Ross 54/55 Joe Bertram

55/56 Roy McMillan 56/57 Stan Woodson 57/58 Bob King

58/59 Lloyd Bertram 59/60 Bus MacDonald 60/61 Walter Shogan

61/62 Fred Saunders 62/63 Sid Clark 63/64 Jack Hackwood

64/65 John Little 65/66 Ken Medland 66/67 Fritz Schulze

67/68 Ed Bourke 68/69 Neil Black 69/70 Robert Lawso

70/71 Jack Campbell 71/72 Robert Lane 72/73 Lou Koganow

73/74 Len Hannah 74/75 Gord Vipond 75/76 Bob Chow

76/77 Dick Belcher 77/78 Al Brett 78/79 Jack Riley

79/80 John Cowan 80/81 Jim Wilson 81/82 Gaylord Merkel

82/83 Reinhold Sauer 83/84 Poul Rasmussen 84/85 James Coyle

85/86 Lorne Jone 86/87 Ian Seal 87/88 Ed Borisenko

88/89 Darryl Chapman 89/90 Jack Miller 90/91 Bert Stringer

91/92 Art Moshagen 92/93 Cliff King 93/94 Bert Stringer

94/95 Don Zimmer 95/96 Warren Rongve 96/97 Eric Anderson

97/98 Gary Anderson 98/99 Ron Lillie 99/00 Bill Scott

00/01 Gaylorld Merkel 01/02 Sid Roemer 02/03 Dick Belcher

03/04 Ray Nelson 04/05 Don Edlund 05/06 Burnie Smith

06/07 Dave Bowman 07/08 Ron Walker 08/09 Larry Johannes

09/10 Larry Johannes 10/11 Wayne Hansen 11/12 Leslie Smith

12/13 Larrie Taylor 13/14 Al Brett 14/15 Larry Johannes