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The City of Langley, B.C., covering the Langley Prairie region, was incorporated in 1955.

Ernest Edward "Ernie" Sendall was born at Aylesham, England on April 3, 1890. His business activities were centred in the Harmsworth community. Ernest was active in the Harmsworth Community Society, which he was president of. After 1935, he became a Board of Trade leader and president of the Langley Board on two occasions. He also served as president of the Associated Boards of Trade of the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland, and was a charter member of the BC Chamber of Commerce.

Sendall helped organize the BC Baby Chick Co-operative Association, and served for many years as its president and secretary. He was on several poultry organizations and was regarded as an authority in the poultry industry. In 1949 he was president of the Canadian Federation of Hatchery Associations. His poultry farm, under his management, developed into the largest operation of its kind in BC. Before 1959 it was the first hatchery to produce more then a million chicks in one year. Sendall was one of the first to promote development of cross-bred strains in the Lower Mainland poultry industry. He was also an avid aviation booster. He was a member of the Langley Advisory Board and on the executive of the BC Aviation Council. He served with the Langley Lions Club, was a past master of the Eureka Lodge No. 103 A. F. and A. M., and past district deputy Grand Master of district No.2 A. F. and A. M. He worked hard for the incorporation of Langley Prairie as a city and served as the first elected Mayor of Langley City from 1955-1959. His family included son John Edward (1919-1943) who died overseas during the Second World War, son Richard (Dick), daughter Jean, a brother in England, and a sister in Northern Ireland. Ernie Sendall died on October 26,1959.