HONOURING OUR OWN
Wayne Braid OF THE SOCIETY OF NOTARIES PUBLIC OF BC
The Outstanding Achievements of
Wayne Braid
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. W. Wayne Braid is a BC Notary and Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia, Canada, a professional self-governing organization whose members provide noncontentious legal services to the people of BC. Appointed in January 1, 2001, he is only the sixth individual to hold that position in The Society’s 91-year history. Born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and raised in Kitimat, BC, early in his career Wayne worked for a group that owned insurance and real estate offices, travel agencies, movie theatres, and golf courses in and around Terrace, BC. He was first licensed as an insurance agent in 1967, qualified for the nominee licence in 1970, and held the life insurance licence for 28 years. Wayne bought the insurance agency in 1975 and ran a successful Autoplan and general insurance agency in Terrace for over 30 years.
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During that time, he also purchased and operated an insurance agency in Kitimat—Parrott and Braid Insurance—and one in Stewart, a small northern town on the border of British Columbia and Alaska. Wayne was Chair of the Northern Insurance Brokers Association for many years and served two-and-a-half terms on the Board of the Insurance Brokers of British Columbia. He was President of the Terrace Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) and elected Regional Director for the BC Northern Region. His appointment as a Senator in the Jaycees is among the many community awards he has received.
Committed to serving his community, he was the Terrace Coroner, School Board Vice Chair for four terms, and Director of the BC Winter Games and the Northern BC Winter Games.
as President of the Terrace Rotary Club, Regional Chair for Rotary International Operation Eyesight, and a District Governors Representative for Northern British Columbia. Very active in Rotary International, Wayne assisted in raising funds for Rotary’s PolioPlus program. His Rotary colleagues awarded him the Paul Harris Fellowship. For over 15 years, Wayne also ran a successful Notary practice in Terrace, starting in 1986, the year he graduated from the BC Notary education program at the University of British Columbia. In 2000, Wayne moved from the North to Vancouver to become CEO of The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia and the Executive Officer of The Notary Foundation. In his position as CEO, he has acted as both the Regulator and Trade Association manager for BC Notaries who last year handled billions of dollars in Real Estate transactions and more than 100,000 Wills and estates for the public.
Committed to serving his community, he was the Terrace Coroner, School Board Vice Chair for four terms, and Director of the BC Winter Games and the Northern BC Winter Games. His public service also included serving
When Wayne took over as the CEO, he attended seminars and conferences of Canadian and American counterparts and quickly became a person of influence and ideas when it comes to maximizing the interest from banks on lawyer and Notary trust
The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
Volume 26 Number 3 Fall 2017
