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This information has been brought forward from an
unknown contributor to our previous website.
At the 1915 Convention of the “International
Association of Rotary Clubs”, provision was made for
changing the then eight geographical divisions into
nineteen numbered districts; fifteen in the United
States of America, three in Canada and one in Great
Britain and Ireland. The motion renamed the officers
in charge from Area Vice-President to District
Governor, to be nominated by the Clubs of the
District and elected at the Convention.
At that time, there
were ten clubs in Canada. Two of them were in the
Maritimes – Halifax, Nova Scotia (1913) and Saint
John, New Brunswick (1914). Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island was added in 1917. In 1922, the then
British Colony of St. John’s, Newfoundland, was
added making it a Canadian Club in 1949.
District boundaries
and/or identifying numbers have changed eight times
over the years:
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District
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Effective
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Changes in
Boundaries
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16
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July 1,
1915
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New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
Island
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1
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July 1,
1918
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No change
in boundaries – number change only
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32
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July 1,
1922
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Added
Newfoundland and Maine
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192
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July 1,
1937
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No
changes in boundaries – number change
only
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284
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July 1,
1949
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Newfoundland now a Canadian Province
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782
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July 1,
1958
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Removed
New Brunswick and Maine
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782
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July 1,
1989
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Added
Saint Pierre et Miquelon
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7820
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July 1,
1991
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District
Number reassigned
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7820
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Jan 1,
1993
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Added
Magdalene Islands, Québec
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Thus our District
7820 is currently:
CANADA
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince
Edward Island and The Magdalene Islands)
FRANCE
(Saint Pierre et Miquelon)
To learn more
about District 7820....click
here
District 7820 is
part of Zone 24 which includes most of Canada,
Alaska and Russian Federation. For more Zone
information and contacts, go to the Zone24 home
page....click
here
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