George Bist

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The Canadian Flag's Connection to Second World War Veterans

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George Bist. George Bist, a veteran who had previously served in the Canadian Army as a Morse code operator and was present at the German surrender in May 1945 near Bremen, Germany, submitted a simple design of a red maple leaf on a white background flanked by two blue stripes. He lived in Toronto and worked as a graphic designer.

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1963/64 George Bist - Advertising executive who spent many hours communicating his input to Government of Canada personnel relating to the need and design of a National Flag of Canada. It was Mr. Bist's suggestion of the exact proportions of the two times length as height as well as the white centre section being two times the size of the ...

A New Flag For Canada: 57 Years Since Inauguration of Maple Leaf

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George Bist, a veteran who had previously served in the Canadian army as a Morse code operator and was present at the German surrender in May 1945 near Bremen, submitted a simple design of a red maple leaf on a white background flanked by two blue stripes. He lived in Toronto and worked as a graphic designer.

A Tribute to the most enduring creation, our Maple Leaf Flag and the ...

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George Bist an advertising executive from Toronto who had provided the details for the actual proportions of our flag ( 2:1 provides a very unique visual balance, our flag is 2 times as long as it is in height, the white centre pale is exactly 2 times the size of the red borders. The red and white colours of our Flag represent the (unofficially ...

Losers of the pennant race: as Flag Day nears, experts assess 10 flags ...

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A George Bist Canadian flag suggestion from 1964, with the familiar central maple leaf but with blue bars.

This was George Bist's entry in the Great Flag Debate. Mr Bist was a ...

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Chris Whitman (@redlioncontracting). This was George Bist's entry in the Great Flag Debate. Mr Bist was a veteran of WW2 and graphic designer and then a member of parliament. He was a proud Canadian and he wanted the maple leaf to be on our flag as it had been on our military uniforms in both World Wars. His flag was a runner up and was very similar to George Stanley's winning design. Know ...

George Mathias Bist (1917-2014) - Find a Grave Memorial

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A Veteran of WWII One of the contributing designers of the Canadian Flag Passed away peacefully at Dufferin Oaks Home for the Aged in Shelburne on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at the age of 96 with his daughter Candice and his granddaughter Madelaine beside him. Loving husband of the late Ruth and father of Murray (Janet),...

Remembering the Great Flag Debate | Canadian Museum of History

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George Bist's design was remarkably similar to the flag that was ultimately selected, but it had blue stripes rather than red ones. Reid Scott, a Toronto MP on the flag committee, strongly favoured this design. Like the paintings in the flag anniversary display, the Museum's example of this flag was used as a prop during the committee's ...

Canadian Maple Leaf Flag and how it was brought to fruition

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This team was made up of Jacques St. Cyr who created the stylised Maple Leaf, George Bist (independent designer) who designed and created the exact proportions of the red bars the white pale and the length as 2 times the height of the Flag so the Maple Leaf could be visible at a distance, and Dr. Gunter Wyszecki (National Research Council of ...