Chard, John

From Grietje R. McBride UE: https://uelac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dorchester-John-Chard-2009.pdf#
- President of United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada – Hamilton Branch, (1966- 68).
- Grietje R. McBride UE notes that as president of Kawartha Branch in 2004, “I asked for a show of hands from the sea of happy diners during the festive banquet UELAC Conference and AGM in Peterborough. My question was, how many branches in the room were started with the assistance of John Chard. I was overwhelmed by the upraised hands before me! Realizing that my own Kawartha Branch was one of the many fostered by John’s efforts, I determined some day to ask John how he went about encouraging so many loyalist descendants to take out charters and form new branches between 1959 and 1984.”
- The following branches have their own fascinating story of the people and events leading up to their charters and all shared one common denominator: Mr. John Chard with his dedication to the promotion of Loyalist branches and accessibility to Loyalist history for everyone:
  - New Brunswick Branch (18 May 1976)
  - Sir John Johnson Centennial branch (16 December 1967)
  - Col. Edward Jessup Branch (11 May 1968)
  - London Branch (04 November 1972)
  - Abegweit Branch (14 February 1973)
  - Grand River Branch (24 February 1973)
  - Heritage Branch (12 May 1973)
  - Fredericton Branch (11 May 1974)
  - Shelburne Branch (03 February 1975)
  - St. Lawrence Branch (14 May 1977)
  - Kingston and District Branch (04 November 1978)
  - Kawartha Branch (23 June 1979)
  - Halifax and Dartmouth Branch (01 December 1979)
  - Bicentennial Branch (24 March 1984)
  - Regina Branch (02 June 1984).
- Of the current twenty-seven UELAC branches, from coast to coast, John Chard was involved with the founding of sixteen ( i.e. 59.3%). What an accomplishment!
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