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Charles Woodward
A luminary in the business community, Charles Woodward promoted
commercial interests while maintaining a reputation as the workingman’s
friend. He opened the first Woodwards store at the corner of Main and
Georgia Streets in 1892, just three months after arriving in Vancouver.
A decade later, the store moved to its legendary location at Hastings
and Abbot and soon became a Vancouver institution. As more stores opened
across British Columbia and Alberta, Woodwards became the largest
department store chain in western Canada.
Charles Woodward was one of the first Canadian employers to offer profit
sharing and group insurance to his staff. He donated a considerable
amount of time and money to his church and community and was the Liberal
MLA for Vancouver from 1924 to 1928. Charles Woodward was inducted into
the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 1986. |
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