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In March 1969, Elie Richard and his family moved back to New Brunswick from Montreal. While in that city, Elie had been a member of the Traffic Club of Montreal from 1963 to 1968, and this was one of the best Traffic Clubs in the country.
Subsequent to the move to Moncton, Elie didn`t take long to notice that there were no Traffic Clubs at all in Atlantic Canada, yet all modes of transport were represented throughout the region. Early in 1974, he decided to get the ball rolling to see if a Traffic Club could be formed in Moncton. Approximately 10 people attended a briefing session at a conference room in the CN building, and from this modest beginning came the actual birth of The Traffic Club of Moncton (as it was called at that time).
After the birth of our Club, some of our members were invited to Halifax, Saint John, Truro and St. John`s to assist the respective groups in setting up Traffic Clubs. They still exist in Halifax, Saint John and St. John`s, but the Truro Traffic Club lasted only a few years and it was then disbanded. On the social event side, we have named our golf tournament and our curling bonspiel after two of our good members who are now deceased. The former is now the Emmett Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament and the latter is the Don Green Memorial Curling Funspiel.
TCM hosted a tremendous event in 1999 in conjunction with the Club`s 25th year. We hosted the National Transportation Week Conference and it turned out to be one of the best in NTW`s 30 year history.
The name of our Club was eventually changed to The Transportation Club of Moncton Inc., in order to be consistent with the names of other Clubs throughout North America. TCM is affiliated with TCI (Transportation Clubs International).
Subsequent to the move to Moncton, Elie didn`t take long to notice that there were no Traffic Clubs at all in Atlantic Canada, yet all modes of transport were represented throughout the region. Early in 1974, he decided to get the ball rolling to see if a Traffic Club could be formed in Moncton. Approximately 10 people attended a briefing session at a conference room in the CN building, and from this modest beginning came the actual birth of The Traffic Club of Moncton (as it was called at that time).
After the birth of our Club, some of our members were invited to Halifax, Saint John, Truro and St. John`s to assist the respective groups in setting up Traffic Clubs. They still exist in Halifax, Saint John and St. John`s, but the Truro Traffic Club lasted only a few years and it was then disbanded. On the social event side, we have named our golf tournament and our curling bonspiel after two of our good members who are now deceased. The former is now the Emmett Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament and the latter is the Don Green Memorial Curling Funspiel.
TCM hosted a tremendous event in 1999 in conjunction with the Club`s 25th year. We hosted the National Transportation Week Conference and it turned out to be one of the best in NTW`s 30 year history.
The name of our Club was eventually changed to The Transportation Club of Moncton Inc., in order to be consistent with the names of other Clubs throughout North America. TCM is affiliated with TCI (Transportation Clubs International).