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Henry Anderson Elementary School

Henry Anderson Elementary School (1996- ) opened in 1996 to better serve the multi-family complexes along Alberta and Garden City Roads in central Richmond. From its inception, the school has included an early French immersion component.



Henry Anderson Elementary
School in 2004.
City of Richmond Archives
Photograph 2004 43 4.
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 Henry Anderson Elementary School, 2004.

Henry Anderson, ca. 1970.

Henry Anderson, at the time he
was Mayor of Richmond, circa
1970. City of Richmond Archives
Accession 2003 16.
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W.H. Anderson (1911-1980) was an offspring of a pioneer family that had settled on property near No. 3 Road and Granville Avenue.

He was active in Kiwanis as well as in local politics. In 1960, he became Reeve of Richmond and, in 1967, he took on the new title of Mayor which he held until 1972. It was during this time (1960-1972) that Richmond experienced unprecedented growth in population, due in part to the construction of bridges and tunnels making land more easily accessible to the burgeoning families of the post Second World War Baby Boom.