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The Victorian Chamber was founded as the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce in 1851. It was Victoria's first business organisation. The Chamber's members – bankers, accountants, financiers, merchants, importers, lawyers, ship owners and agents, manufacturers and stock, share and product brokers – sought to advance trade and commerce and make Melbourne one of the world's great free ports.
He was called to the British Columbia bar in 1903 and set up practice in Victoria. [3] In 1911, Twigg married Marguerite J. Little. Twigg served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, achieving the rank of captain. He was a director for the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. [1] He died in Victoria at the age of 70. [2]
The Chamber Movement commenced in Australia when the Sydney Chamber of Commerce was established in 1826. Across the 19th century, Chambers of Commerce were formed in Adelaide (1839), Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston (each in the 1850s), Brisbane (1868), Fremantle (1873) and Perth (1890).
Percy Beall Scurrah (June 17, 1883 – July 14, 1970) was mayor of Victoria, British Columbia Canada from 1955 to 1961. He was the first mayor to have three consecutive terms. He is responsible for bringing the BC Ferries to Victoria - prior to that, the only service to the mainland (Vancouver) was through the CPR ferry through Nanaimo.
In 1908, he married Amy Theresa McKenzie. Leeming served on Victoria city council from 1922 to 1923. He was a director of the Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau, also serving as president, and was a member of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. Leeming also served as president of the Victoria Real Estate Board. [2] He died in Victoria at the ...
Previously Capp was chief of operations of the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and the former Victoria agent-general in London from 2009 to 2012, the first woman to hold the office. [4] Capp is the former CEO of the Committee for Melbourne and was a director of Collingwood Football Club to 2009, the first woman to serve on the board of ...
Former president of Melbourne's Italian Chamber of Commerce and the Reggio Calabria Club Joseph Acquaro also known as Joe Acquaro or Pino was a Melbourne lawyer, businessman and former president of Melbourne's Italian Chamber of Commerce and the Reggio Calabria Club who was shot to death on 15 March 2016 at age 54.
In 1938, he was elected to the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. [3] He was an art collector and patron of the arts. In the 1930s he paid for two study tours to Europe for the Australian artist Ernest Buckmaster. In return, he was given first choice of paintings made by Buckmaster during those trips.