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The Confederation Club is a local service club whose stated mission is a networking organization whose purpose is to promote awareness and inform members on matters of economic, social or national interest with a conservative focus. While maintaining a partisan bias, it is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. Currently there is only one club in located in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada. Members and guests usually meet on the third Thursday of every month for lunch at the Kitchener Delta Hotel while listening to a guest speaker. The primary motto of the Confederation Club is to be a "Speakers forum for a Canadian viewpoint" as luncheon guest speakers present on distinctly Canadian topics. == History == For several years before its creation, executive members in the Waterloo Region of Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Associations had talked about some kind of joint project to network and discuss political and economic issues. In late 1975, Wayne Wettlaufer, newly arrived from the Honourable Walter Baker's riding in Ottawa, suggested the idea of a Confederation Club that was a lunch time project of several Ottawa Riding Associations. Wayne Wettlaufer became the founding President and first Honorary Life Member. The first executive would include Monty Monteith, Christina Weylie, Jeanne Foster and Brock Foster. Other members of the first executive that were actively involved included representatives of the riding associations from Waterloo Region and Wellington County: Carl Sulliman who was President of the Waterloo Federal Progressive Conservative Riding; Rich Hobson who wrote the Constitution; Barb Hull and Rod Nelson who were the early secretaries; and Dave Zimmer, Bill Barlow, John Cosman, Dorothy Beke, Jack Wallace and Marjorie Kunza. At the founding meeting, a relatively young unknown, Joe Clark was the honoured guest speaker. Within a month after his appearance at the Confederation Club he had become Party Leader, Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and the Honorary President of Confederation Club.. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Confederation Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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