PROFILE OF A BC NOTARY
Third in the Series that Showcases the Winners of the Dr. Bernard W. Hoeter Award for Achieving the Highest Marks on all the Notarial Statutory Examinations
BC Notary Kim Guthrie, Mackenzie
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orn in Hope, BC, in 1961, I grew up in Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon with 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
work with a small insurance agency in Mackenzie and continued to work as an insurance broker. BC Notary Harry Smith, husband of the owner of the Mackenzie insurance agency, had an office within the agency. I became interested in the work he did and thought it would be a good fit for me.
My father managed the Shell Station and Bulk Plant and did the accounting for those businesses and did the accounting for the Charles Hotel owner Cog Harrington. My mother was a homemaker. We were raised in a hardworking, loving, and caring home. My parents instilled in us a good work ethic and to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I am always so grateful for everything my parents taught me and for the closeness we have always had as a family. I went to elementary school in Boston Bar, graduated from Hope Secondary in 1979, and was accepted into the Arts program at UBC. My desire back then was to eventually attend law school. After 2 years at UBC, I decided to take a different path. I was accepted into the Technology in Financial Management program at BCIT, graduating in 1983 with a view to becoming a CGA. I accepted Dean’s proposal of marriage. Unable to find a position with an accounting firm in Hope, I was hired by a family friend who ran
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an insurance agency. In September 1984, Dean and I were married in Yale in the oldest church in BC on its original foundation.
Harry retired and no one immediately applied for his Notary Seal. At that time, TILMA1 was not enacted and there was a limit on the number of Notary Seals in BC. I applied to the Notary program with the hope that by the time I was commissioned, no one would buy his Seal. Mackenzie was our home and the community where we wanted to continue to raise our children. 1 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement
In 1987 my husband went to work for CP Rail and we moved to Kamloops where I continued to work in the insurance field. We did a brief stint in Cranbrook and in January 1990, moved to Mackenzie with our first son Scott, born in May 1989. Our second son Ryan was born in December 1992. My husband took a job in the local pulp mill and eventually became a Power Engineer. I was able to find The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
With my husband Dean in Mexico Volume 26 Number 2 Summer 2017
