HISTORY
Celebrating 50 years in 2007
 In 1957, Russell Farrell formed
Bolton Electric and set out with a yellow and blue 1954 Chev Sedan Delivery
and a set of hand tools to solicit electrical work. Bolton Electric soon
moved from his garage to an implement building on three acres of land in
Bolton where the corporate head offices of Husky Injection Molding Systems
are now located. Barry Stuart joined the firm as an apprentice in 1959. As
the business grew, Bolton Electric built a new building at 7215 Torbram Road
in Malton, 1800 square feet of office and 6000 square feet of shop while
still maintaining the Bolton yard.
In 1963, Russell split
up the company forming two separate entities; Bolton Electric Ltd. and
Bolton Power Line Ltd. At this time they employed about 60 people. In 1967,
Barry Stuart became a partner in Bolton Electric Ltd. and purchased the
company in 1969. Russ Farrell sold Bolton Power Line Ltd. to Bennett and
Wright Ltd. in 1972. About this time Russ Farrell and Barry Stuart
purchased a King Street
property in downtown Bolton where the
Courtyards of Caledon now stand. They operated Bolton Electric from that
location until Barry Stuart moved the business to his residence in Colgan.
Charles Brooksbank
joined the firm as an apprentice on Sept. 26, 1972 and purchased the
business and the Colgan property in 1979. The business made a
few more moves over the next ten years. First to 55 Healey Rd.,
Bolton, then to Hwy. 50 north of Bolton, then 477 Piercey Rd., Bolton, and
back to 68 Healey Rd. in 1992.
Nicholas Brooksbank
joined the firm as an apprentice on Jan. 1st, 1983 and purchased the
company in July 1993. In 1999
Bolton Electric relocated to their newest facility in downtown Bolton. The company now boasts 4800 square
feet of office and warehouse. In May 1999, Bolton Electric took over the
operations of Sumner Electric to facilitate expanding into the data/com
market. John Sumner joined the team as Manager of Operations. Bolton
Electric continues to grow to meet the ever changing markets of the 21st
Century.
Even though the
red Bolton Electric trucks were a common sight in the early days, Barry
Stuart started having the Bolton Electric vans painted " Tropical
Rose" pink in 1969, making those vehicles much more visible and
establishing the official truck colour. The "Tropical Rose" vans,
or "pink panthers" as they came to be known, were a familiar
site on the roads of Southern Ontario for
almost thirty years. In 1997, Nicholas Brooksbank changed the truck colors
to black with a new "Tropical Rose" logo.
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