The Portuguese Club was founded by the late Carlos Batista, Manuel Ribeiro and Joaquim Leitao on June 5, 1974. Together they conceived the idea that a meeting place was needed where the Portuguese local citizens could interact and enrich their heritage and culture. They began by compiling a list of potentially interested people to form the first Membership Roster, followed by a meeting to elect the first Board of Directors. The newly formed Portuguese Social Club was then registered through the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stocks as a Charitable Society. Before moving to their new building at 30 Mount Hope Avenue on December 31, 1999, the Portuguese Social Club had met since its inception at St. Paul’s Parish of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The Portuguese Social Club remains deeply grateful to St. Paul’s Parish of Dartmouth for their welcome and assistance and for the use of the facilities and church.
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