Bannister GM is proud to be a part of the Edson area. Our team is focused on serving the customer with the best service possible. In 2017 we were honoured to receive two Edson & District Chamber of Commerce Awards – Large Business of the Year and the Service Superstar Award! We are an AMVIC Licensed Dealer.
We are the only full service dealership in the Yellowhead County region with Sales, Service, Parts, Quick Lube, Detailing Shop and Body Shop. Bannister GM Edson employs 35 people and supports dozens of community events and non-profits throughout the year.
Our employees volunteer with organizations such as Edson Minor Hockey, Edson Citizens on Patrol and the Edson Custom Cruisers. Every year, Bannister GM donates tens of thousands of dollars to organizations in the Edson area including local schools and the Edson Food Bank. We are a family business with family values and believe in giving back to the community. Visit our community page to learn more.
Monday - Friday
9:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Sunday
Closed
Monday - Friday
7:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday - Sunday
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The team from Bannister GM loaded and unloaded 2544lbs of food that was donated by the Edson Friendship Centre to the Edson Food Bank Society. The food was a part of a large donation from Amazon to the Edson Friendship Centre. The Bannister Automotive Group has a partnership with the Edson Food Bank to assist with transportation and manpower when required.
Bannister Edson was proud to support the Edson Seniors Transportation Society Trivia Night by entering two teams into the competition. Great fun was had by all!
Proud to support the Parkland Composite High School Grad!
Bannister GM was happy to be able to provide water to firefighters that were battling wildfires in the Shiningbank area of Yellowhead County.
After an arson destroyed all 3 corporate fleet vehicles at the Town of Edson, Bannister GM provided a vehicle to the Town free of charge. This allowed Community Development programs to continue. General Manager Pete Jewer presents the keys to Chief Administrative Officer Christine Beveridge.
We are happy to help support the Edson Animal Rescue Society throughout the year by hosting events at the dealership. We also made a sizable donation of dog food and Diana’s Pets & Trophies were happy to help us out by giving a discount to help support the cause.
For over forty years, the Bannister family and its partners have been bringing quality automotive products and services to communities across Western Canada. With stores in the Okanagan Valley, Thompson-Nicola region, Columbia-Shuswap, Peace Region, Yellowhead County, Edmonton Metropolitan Region, and the Fraser Valley, Bannister Automotive Group continues to lead our local communities in sales, customer service, and charitable initiatives.
Starting with a single Pontiac Buick dealership in Barrhead, Alberta, Lyn and Joanne Bannister, along with their children Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo, built a company that now employs over nine hundred people in two provinces that has had a consistent message: we are a family business with family values.
For over forty years, the Bannister family and its partners have been bringing quality automotive products and services to communities across Western Canada. With stores in the Okanagan Valley, Thompson-Nicola region, Columbia-Shuswap, Peace Region, Yellowhead County, Edmonton Metropolitan Region, and the Fraser Valley, Bannister Automotive Group continues to lead our local communities in sales, customer service, and charitable initiatives.
Starting with a single Pontiac Buick dealership in Barrhead, Alberta, Lyn and Joanne Bannister, along with their children Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo, built a company that now employs over nine hundred people in two provinces that has had a consistent message: we are a family business with family values.
Lyn Bannister attended the University of Denver on a hockey scholarship where he received his Bachelor of Physical Education, followed by a Master of Education from the University of Minnesota and went on to pursue a ten year career in education and coaching hockey.
With Lyn’s entrepreneurial spirit and a supportive wife, Joanne, Lyn left his education career in 1975. In 1979 they moved to Barrhead, Alberta where they primarily raised their three children, Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo. It was in Barrhead that Lyn and Joanne had the opportunity to purchase the GM store, Lyn Bannister Pontiac Buick, with the financial backing of Motors Holding, a division of General Motors.
In 1990 Lyn and Joanne sold their store in Barrhead and moved to the Okanagan and purchased Bannister GM Vernon.
Starting with a single Pontiac Buick dealership in Barrhead, Alberta, Lyn and Joanne Bannister, along with their children Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo, built a company that now employs over 650 people in two provinces that has had a consistent message: we are a family business with family values.
In 1996 Lyn was honoured with the McLean’s Magazine Dealer of Excellence Award for the province of BC, recognizing the best new car dealers across Canada. Lyn has served on numerous boards in the automotive industry, locally, provincially and nationally.
All three children have taken post-secondary education in business and the automotive industry. Mark and Mary-Jo attended the Canadian Automotive Institute in Barrie, ON and transferred to Northwood University in West Palm Beach, FL for their final year where they obtained their Bachelor of Business Administration, Automotive Marketing. Chad attended Camrose Lutheran College, now Augustana University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Economics, followed by a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Upon graduation he enrolled in the three year CA program with KPMG. Both Chad and Mary-Jo have taken the dealer academy training program through NADA. (The US based National Automotive Dealer Association.)
What started out as Lyn and Joanne working in the business for 20 years has truly become a family business.
