BC Ironworkers Local 97

Local 97 represents over 1,800 men and women in the British Columbia ironworking industry.

Training

We value training and we also value safety. So we particularly value training on safety!

Members Area

A Local like 97 is all about its members and this enables the Local to remain strong.

Travel Cards

Local 97 is extremely busy in the reinforcing sector, and is accepting travel cards.

Ironworkers Local 97 is a part of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Ironworkers. Its area of coverage includes all of British Columbia, and the Yukon. Since 1906, Ironworkers Local 97 has fought to better the lives of Ironworkers through collective bargaining. Our mandate is to raise wages and working conditions for Ironworkers, and to ensure that Ironworkers receive the training they need to be safe, productive, and professional at work.

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In memoriam:

An appreciation of past members

2023-2021

Mitch Jensen May 21st 2023
Clarence Roberts May 5th 2023
Hans Kriese
April 13th 2023
Fred Morin
April 7th 2023
Peter St. Dennis
April 5th 2023
Brian Oleskiw
 March 19th 2023
Rockwell Gertz February 20th 2023

Max Barrett Jr. February 5th 2023
Atle Mikalsen
January 25th 2023
John Brown
January 16th 2023
Lewis Dube January 8th 2023
Eric Skinner
December 16th 2022
Walter Flamand
 December 7th 2022
Daniel Ste. Marie
November 15th 2022
Gary King
November 3rd 2022
Art Nesbitt
November 2nd 2022
Robert Cooke
 October 8th 2022
Charlie Kubik October 2nd 2022
Peter Harrington October 1st 2022
Ron Chisholm September 28th 2022
Robert Tourond September 13th 2022
Robert Ogilvie
August 11th 2022
Gus Gauvin
August 7th 2022
Darcy Bolton
July 26th 2022
Grant Redden June 27th 2022
Paul Parent
June 24th 2022
William Poncia
June 11th 2022
Victor Boeur
May 4th 2022
Brian Raynes May 2nd 2022
Parker Wright April 30th 2022
James McDonald April 11th 2022
Douglas Ingleby April 10th 2022
Ben Thomas March 21st 2022
Nick Merluk March 21st 2022
Rodney Rosevold February 1st 2022
Chris Bytelaar February 22nd 2022
Norris Barens January 26th 2022
Thaddeus Zentner January 18th 2022
Milton Leffler January 2nd 2022
Michael Barwell December 6th 2021
Gerry Goudreau December 6th 2021
Phil Holland November 21st 2021
Edward Dumont November 13th 2021
Gary Lavallee October 1st 2021
Dennis Drobot
October 1st 2021
Dale Bears August 19th 2021
Otto Einfeldt August 12th 2021
Dale Bohmer August 11th 2021
Wayne Legarie August 4th 2021
David Herrington
August 3rd 2021
Howard Dempster Sr.
July 9th 2021
Raymond Singbell May 9th 2021
Samuel Parkes
April 26th 2021
Rick Rabey
April 24th 2021
Gordon Maxwell
April 11th 2021
Ted Baron
April 1st 2021
Allan Courchene
March 29th 2021
Dan Fiola
March 8th 2021
Allen Brisson
February 4th 2021
Alex Moricz
January 11th 2021
Wayne Cochrane
January 2nd 2021

2020-2015

Louis Lauzier December 19th 2020
Ralph Tartaglia
December 18th 2020
Emil Anderson
December 7th 2020
Gordon Hodgson
November 30th 2020
Tom Deacon
November 26th 2020
Ken Olson
November 3rd 2020
Hugo Riske
October 28th 2020
David Brunn
September 29th 2020
Richard Huard 
September 14th 2020
David Webster 
September 2nd 2020
Walter Turko 
August 25th 2020
Larry Dumais 
August 16th 2020
Hugh Shaw
August 5th 2020
Ronald Carew
July 16th 2020
Donald Vance 
July 7th 2020
Gordon Shepek 
July 4th, 2020
Benjamin Duursma 
June 12th, 2020
Rob Takhar 
June 10th 2020
Buddy Klimek 
May 23rd 2020
Bill Callaghan
May 19th 2020
Frank Makeiff 
May 10th 2020
Ernest Erickson 
May 3rd 2020
Harold Cassidy 
April 30th, 2020
Doug Raycraft
March 31st 2020
Virgilio Dias
March 31st 2020
Gino Costa
February 19th 2020
James Evans
February 14th, 2020
Albert Bohmer
January 29th 2020
Harvey Tigar
January 24th 2020
Kenneth Berger
December 12th 2019
Terrence Phelan
December 8th 2019
Gary Wenstob
December 2nd 2019
Pat McCann
November 15th 2019
Thomas Kehoe November 11th 2019
Manuel Montez October 10th 2019
Deane Bateman October 2nd 2019
Terrance Millar September 20th 2019
Harvey Skerratt September 18th 2019
Mel Hargas September 15th 2019
Peter Debad August 23rd 2019
Ernie Gabbs August 12th 2019
Gerry Donders August 10th 2019
Yvon Gelinas July 31st 2019
Ken Franzen (Sr.) July 20th 2019
Henry Morey June 20th 2019
Glen Welch June 10th 2019
Zane Summers June 5th 2019
Bruce Strong March 24th 2019
Robert Aebig March 7th 2019
Norm Atkinson February 23rd 2019
Sidney Whyte February 21st 2019
Walter Swyers February 12th 2019
Donald Linkletter February 12th 2019
Ivan Westcott Jr. February 2nd 2019
Wayne Foot January 27th 2019
William Radies January 13th 2019
Dave Robinson December 5th 2018
Donald MacDonald November 17th 2018
Romeo Piche November 9th 2018
Ray Fraser November 3rd 2018
Kirk Thomson October 22nd 2018
Bill Triplett October 21st 2018
Samir Shalaby October 12th 2018
Ronald Martin September 12th 2018
George Noble September 7th 2018
Stanley Gibson September 4th 2018
Vern Edwards August 22nd 2018
Ali Cankaya August 21st 2018
Larry Larochelle August 13th 2018
Gary Poirier August 11th 2018
Robert Blake August 11th 2018
Lester Wiebe July 28th 2018
John Mayer July 24th 2018
William Moor July 18th 2018
William Husak July 14th 2018
Mike Muir July 2nd 2018
Lloyd Wagner June 22nd 2018
Wei-Che (Jackie) Huang June 21st 2018
Kerry Dempster May 21st 2018
Cornelius Van Ewyk May 9th 2018
Merv Black
April 4th 2018
John Homenchuk
March 31st 2018
Ken Davey March 27th 2018
Dennis Lalonde March 24th 2018
Terry McGuire March 5th 2018
Robert Ackles February 4th 2018
Dan David February 3rd 2018
James Timmons January 29th 2018
Donald Goetken January 27th 2018

Grant Williams December 17th 2017
Thomas Frauley December 15th 2017
Ron Furber November 3rd 2017
Lance Theobald October 22nd 2017
Rick Wiltse October 12th 2017
Grant Combs September 3rd 2017
Walter Collinge August 23rd 2017
Pat O’Sullivan August 5th 2017
Eberhard (Eby) Reisinger August 2nd 2017
Paul Jmaeff July 29th 2017
Cyril Makortoff July 28th 2017
Stan Junglas July 27th 2017
Marcel Lavallee July 11th 2017
Kerry Quirk June 24th 2017
George Weavers June 4th 2017
Clifford Mayze June 19th 2017
Peter Purves June 12th 2017
David (Crockett) Milne May 14th 2017
Nathan Codron April 11th 2017
Walter Marusiak April 8th 2017
Mike Popoff March 17th 2017
Fred Thauberger February 28th 2017
Ray Skea February 17th 2017
Maurice Kaufmann February 9th 2017
Claude McDonald February 20th 2017
Richard Lucht January 26th 2017
Gunter Poppe Sr January 15th 2017
Larry Milne January 14th 2017
Don Rivard January 12th 2017
Helmut (Homer) Loewen January 5th 2017
Walter Armstrong January 2nd 2017
John (Jack) Kealty January 7th 2017
Joseph Forgo December 24th 2016
Billy Bowles December 3rd 2016
Dan Hamilton September 24th 2016
Sydney Green August 12th 2016
Etienne Jacques Morriseau August 10th 2016
Joey Taylor ( Waha ) August 15th 2016
Domenic Revilla July 24th 2016
Angus MacDonell July 26th 2016
Jim McGuire July 18th 2016
Frank Hurney July 16th 2016
Costec Chomenko July 13th 2016
Gary Higgs July 5th 2016
Robert Switzer June 2nd 2016
Tom Gribbon June 10th 2016
Phil Bailey May 28th 2016
Joseph Menczell Sr May 29th 2016
Walter Mudry May 20 2016
Sudki Sweiss April 29th 2016
Harry Weston March 12 2016
Tony Bower March 3 2016
Ermile Gionet February 4 2016
Ken Armstrong February 4 2016
Wayne Vallee February 6 2016
Albert Zgrablic January 29 2016
Robert Rande January 18 2016
Frank McGinley January 1 2016
Andrew Mate December 14 2015
Heinz Miles December 2 2015
Duncan Harry December 2 2015
Bob L’Hirondelle November 24 2015
Ronald Milligan November 6 2015
Bert Santucci November 11 2015
Paul Street October 14 2015
Joe Irving September 23 2015
Andy Morneau September 3 2015
Dan Dewalt July 13 2015
Fred Keller July 10 2015
Jarod Lloyd June 22 2015
Rolland Duquette June 7 2015
Ernest Chartrand June 11 2015
Robert Carr May 26 2015
Ken O’Neil March 12 2015
Gerard Legere March 14 2015
Wayne Hindson February 17 2015
Heinz Leber February 10 2015
Ian Drysdale January 15 2015

2014-2010

Raymond Marshall December 25 2014
Sterling Kelly December 2 2014
Ken Marshall November 25 2014
Alvie “Tiny” Barton November 23 2014
Erwin Giller November 17 2014
Thomas Thomson November 17 2014
Dave Quirk November 13 2014
Laurence O’Reilly October 6 2014
Oiva Pohjola October 8 2014
Allan Harris July 11 2014
David Morin July 8 2014
Anie Lucht July 6 2014
Lawrence Cardinal July 7 2014
Hank Williams June 10 2014
James “Jim” Blair April 24 2014
Ken Leight May 12 2014
Quin Miller May 1 2014
William Murphy April 30 2014
Leslie Haldane April 5 2014
Roy Harden April 2 2014
Zoltan Schmidshofer March 15 2014
Maurice “Moe” Meir Febuary 11 2014
Lea Frank Zaretsky January 11 2014
Joseph Berard January 12 2014
James Cameron January 3 2014
Doug Moraes January 1 2014
Arnold Moffatt December 31 2013
John Merlux December 23 2013
Paul Fairclough December 13 2013
Jim Nichols December 6 2013
Arthur Cam Paterson September 21 2013
Thomas S. Wood October 28 2013
Joe Revesz October 6 2013
Ed Butler September 20 2013
Ryan Adams September 14 2013
Stan Botterill August 28 2013
Gordon “Haywire” McDonald May 16 2013
Frank Billings May 12 2013
Alexande Gagnon Febuary 27 2013
Conrad Saumur April 8 2013
Bud Chambers May 7 2013
Otto Standal February 25 2013
Doug Harwood February 19 2013
Earl Ross February 10 2013
John DeJong February 6 2013
Andrew Tofin January 12 2013
Donald Callow December 8 2012
Randy Herbst December 10 2012
Alfred Seymour December 8 2012
Vic Laleune October 2 2012
Roy Fortin November 12 2012
Dan Rhodes November 9 2012
Larry Dumore November 8 2012
Matt O’Toole November 5 2012
Victor Cavaleri October 8 2012
James Watt October 8 2012
Mike Davidson August 14 2012
Peter Maximchuk August 6 2012
Marvin Ast July 19 2012
Ken Collard June 14 2012
Rick Sedan June 8 2012
Craig Johnson May 4 2012

Russ “Lucky” Batchelor April 2 2011
Dale Martin January 6 2011
Dennis Crawford December 9 2011
Dan Wood November 28 2011
Paul Forgues November 18 2011
Henry Soldan November 19 2011
James Hays Oct 21 2011
Leo Parent Sept 7 2011
Don Heron September 26 2011
Bill Mitchell September 13 2011
Manuel Fidalgo August 2 2011
Henry Klymchuk July 7 2011
Edmund Becker June 18 2011
Jay Lee Holliday May 24 2011
Gavin Gould May 18 2011
Jean Gregoire May 8 2011
Howa Plester May 10 2011
George Zibin May 2 2011
Lloyd Dick May 4 2011
Harvey Henrickson Febuary 10 2011
Henry Vivier March 7 2011
Bill Falk Febuary 27 2011
Lonnie Popoff January 31 2011
Bob Borik December 10 2011
Ken Svensrud November 21 2011
Dwayne Zarr September 25 2010
Marc Paulin September 20 2010
Gordon Field Jr. August 19 2010
Harold Calhoun July 28 2010
Harvey Merke May 14 2010
Stan Mazur May 13 2010
Orest Verones April 24 2010
Stan Nikipelo April 24 2010
Jack Lacasse April 18 2010
Walter “Tiny” Hicks April 9 2010
Jamie Boutin April 2 2010
Art Pilon March 18 2010
Abert “Bulldog” Charron March 13 2010
Adam Monks Febuary 18 2010
Ray Hadden January 27 2010
John Corbett January 19 2010

2009-2008

Emil Felow November 15 2009
Darwin “Scooter” Sutherland November 12 2009
Orlando Marini November 7 2009
G.W. “Bill” Williams September 13 2009
James English September 9 2009
David Marr July 22 2009
Alex Witwicki June 23 2009
John Thome May 28 2009
Jordan Evans May 31 2009
Les Styles April 25 2009
Edwa Sweetapple April 22 2009
Ron McIsaac April 11 2009
Ron Molnar March 11 2009
Al Charbonneau February 15 2009
Lawrence R. Prince January 28 2009
Frank Bohmer January 1 2009

Austin Shea December 15 2008
Edsel A. Jones December 2 2008
Kenneth Jeffries November 11 2008
Dennis Higgins November 08 2008
John “Blackie” Butula November 2 2008
Wayne Quesnelle October 25 2008
Fred Ferguson October 3 2008
Joe Wilson 2008
Andy Slobodian January 21 2008
John Kahler November 4 2007