Stanley Ronald Basford PC (April 22, 1932 – January 31, 2005) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who was a long-time cabinet minister [1] in the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau. [2] Based in British Columbia, he was known as "Mr. Granville Island" [3] for his support of the Granville Island redevelopment project in Vancouver. …

Feb 1, 2005 · Ron Basford, one of B.C.'s longest-serving federal Liberal cabinet ministers, has died of a heart attack. He was 72. The former Liberal MP was a key figure in Ottawa during the...

Feb 2, 2005 · Ron Basford, 72, a former federal Canadian Cabinet minister who led the campaign to convert Vancouver's Granville Island from a rundown industrial area into a thriving tourist mecca,...

Feb 2, 2005 · Ron Basford was first appointed as a cabinet minister in 1968, when he headed the consumer and corporate affairs ministry. His subsequent portfolios were minister of state for urban...

Feb 2, 2005 · VANCOUVER, B.C. — Ron Basford, a former Canadian federal Cabinet minister who led the campaign to convert the city's Granville Island from a rundown industrial area into a thriving tourist Mecca,...

Jan 31, 2005 · Stanley Ronald "Ron" Basford, PC (April 22, 1932 – January 31, 2005) was a long-time Canadian Cabinet minister in the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau. Based in British Columbia, he was known as "Mr. Granville Island" for his support of the Granville Island redevelopment project in Vancouver.

Feb 5, 2014 · In the early 1970s, Ron Basford, a Canadian Cabinet minister and loyal Vancouverite, seized on the idea of converting Granville Island—a modestly sized pancake barely a half mile (0.8 km) south of the emerging downtown—into a special place.

Stanley Ronald Basford was a Canadian politician and lawyer who was a long-time cabinet minister in the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau. Based in British C...

Ron Basford Park occupies the southeastern corner of Granville Island, between Performance Works and the Granville Island Hotel. In the summer, the park’s amphitheatre hosts Carousel Theatre’s Teen Shakespeare performances.

Ron Basford was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Vancouver-Burrard from 1963-1967, and became a cabinet minister in 1968, representing the riding of Vancouver Centre.