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	William Vander Zalm
		Vander Zalm was elected alderman in 1965 before becoming mayor of Surrey, British Columbia from 1969 to 1975.
		Vander Zalm was orginally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada and the British Columbia Liberal Party running in Surrey for the federal Liberals in the 1968 Canadian election (and losing by 5,000 votes).
		Instantly, Vander Zalm was thrust into the spotlight, as he waffled on whether he would run for the leadership of the Social Credit Party of British Columbia.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/w/wi/william_vander_zalm.html (821 words)

	Bill Vander Zalm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vander Zalm was elected alderman of Surrey in 1965, and served as the city's mayor from 1969 to 1975.
		Vander Zalm was originally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada and the British Columbia Liberal Party.
		Vander Zalm himself was a social conservative, and his government once tried to cut public funding for abortions that were not medically necessary.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Vander_Zalm (922 words)

	Bill Vander Zalm: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) became 28th premier (The person who is head of state (in several countries)) of British Columbia (A province in western Canada), Canada (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) in 1986.
		Vander Zalm was elected alderman (A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)) in 1965, before serving as mayor of Surrey, British Columbia (additional info and facts about Surrey, British Columbia) from 1969 to 1975.
		Vander Zalm was originally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada (additional info and facts about Liberal Party of Canada) and the British Columbia Liberal Party (additional info and facts about British Columbia Liberal Party).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bill_vander_zalm.htm (1100 words)

	Bill Vander Zalm - Definition, explanation
		Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) is a politician and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada.
		Vander Zalm was elected alderman in 1965, and served as mayor of Surrey from 1969 to 1975.
		Vander Zalm was originally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada and the British Columbia Liberal Party.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bi/bill_vander_zalm.php (858 words)

	Encyclopedia: William N. Vander Zalm
		Vander Zalm was elected alderman in 1965, before serving as mayor of Surrey, British Columbia from 1969 to 1975.
		Vander Zalm was orginally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada and the British Columbia Liberal Party.
		Vander Zalm was orginally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada and the British Columbia Liberal Party running in Surrey for the federal Liberals in the 1968 Canadian election (and losing by 5,000 votes).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-N.-Vander-Zalm (1053 words)

	William N. Vander Zalm Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bill and his wife, Lillian Vander Zalm attracted public adoration with their high-voltage smiles and charisma.
		Vander Zalm became embroiled in a conflict of interest controversy over the sale of his Fantasy Gardens flower garden and theme park.
		Vander Zalm was forced to resign over the scandal.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Zalm_William_N_Vander.html (597 words)

	Vander Zalm, Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie
		Vander Zalm, Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie, "Bill," premier of BC, horticulturalist, businessman (b at Noordwykerhout, Holland 29 May 1934).
		While serving as an alderman (1965-68) and as mayor (1969-75) in Surrey, Vander Zalm unsuccessfully sought provincial and federal office as a Liberal.
		The BC Reform Party, however, soon faded from the political horizon and Vander Zalm gradually faded from the political arena.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008312 (321 words)

	Station Information - William Vander Zalm
		William Nick Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) became British Columbia's 28th Premier in 1986.
		Instantly, Vander Zalm was thrust into the spotlight, as he waffled on whether he would run for the leadership of the Social Credit Party of British Columbia.
		The 1989 Fantasy Gardens affair in which Vander Zalm attempted to sell the flower garden/theme park, which he owned, to a Taiwanese tycoon, which did eventually did go through, but, at the cost of his public reputation.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_vander_zalm.html (630 words)

	The Commentary
		Vander Zalm sided with them during the Nisga’a debates and if he does run, the right wing vote will certainly be split, something the Liberal’s can’t fathom.
		Having Vander Zalm back in the legislature will indeed be interesting, he’s pompous and arrogant and he won’t mind sniping the NDP, the party that crushed him.
		Vander Zalm comes with a lot of baggage, he even admits it himself and his right-wing beliefs have caused this Province a hell of a lot of grief already.
	www.thecommentary.ca /archives/19990716.html (484 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bill Vander Zalm
		Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) is a politician and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada.
		Vander Zalm became 28th Premier of British Columbia in 1986.
		Vander Zalm was elected alderman in 1965, and served as mayor of Surrey from 1969 to 1975.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Vander_Zalm (863 words)

	Feature Article
		Vander Zalm ran unopposed for party president and was ratified by a vote of 87 to one.
		Vander Zalm says rebuilding the party at the constituency level will be one of his first priorities, and a province-wide speaking tour will be part of that program.
		Vander Zalm were to bring Reform to above 30% in the polls (the party is now around 24%), the Liberals would have do something more to counteract him, such as promising referendums on important moral issues, taking a new name, or finding a more aggressive leader to replace the uninspiring Mr.
	www.axionet.com /bcreport/web/980622f.html (2581 words)

	Bill Vander Zalm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Instantly, Vander Zalm was thrust into the spotlight, as he waffled on whether he wouldrun for the leadership of the Social Credit Party of British Columbia.
		Bill and his wife, Lillian Vander Zalm attracted public adoration with their high-voltagesmiles and charisma.
		Vander Zalm became embroiled in a conflict of interest controversy over the sale of his Fantasy Gardens flower garden andtheme park.
	www.therfcc.org /bill-vander-zalm-176817.html (586 words)

	Edited Hansard * Table of Contents * Number 143 (Official Version) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When Bill Vander Zalm was premier of British Columbia in 1990, he was caught using official hospitality as a way of securing a potential buyer for Fantasy Gardens, his company.
		Vander Zalm was forced to resign after he had caused the Taiwanese buyer of Fantasy Gardens, Mr.
		Vander Zalm had been using his position as premier to promote his own business transactions by providing access to cabinet ministers for Tan Yu.
	www.parl.gc.ca /38/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/143_2005-10-27/han143_1830-e.htm (677 words)

	The Social Credit Party In British Columbia, 1950-2000.
		Bill Bennett was quite different than his father; he was far more subdued and relied on a network of professional advisors instead of old friends, garnering the label of “technocrat”.
		Vander Zalm also attempted to ban publicly-funded abortion, implement new labour negotiating frameworks and privatize the civil service, measures which were all defeated by his own party members.
		Johnston campaigned with the ghost of Vander Zalm dogging her and was received throughout the province by large protests.
	www.angelfire.com /bc/hinterland/wkquiz.html (3236 words)

	e.Peak (3/5/1999) news: Reform sees red
		Reform B.C. president Bill Vander Zalm is critical of the Nisga'a Treaty in the report, arguing that it will create what he calls "in effect a communistic society" for the Nisga'a.
		Vander Zalm maintains that he is not alone in making these allegations, however, and he even suggests that members of the NDP government also believe the treaty will bring communism to B.C.'s reserves.
		Vander Zalm's scorn for the government is not limited to provincial politicians.
	www.peak.sfu.ca /the-peak/99-2/issue1/reform.html (619 words)

	British Columbia Environmental Network —
		And Vander Zalm suggested that Terasen’s corporate donations of more than $50,000 since 2001 to the B.C. Liberals may have influenced their decision to remove those restrictions, leading to Terasen’s sale to Kinder Morgan, as I suggested in a recent column.
		Vander Zalm says the prime minister runs everything, from appointing Supreme Court judges to the head of the RCMP to the governor-general and his own ethics counselor.
		Vander Zalm says that despite the demise of the B.C. Unity Party and the resignation of leader Chris Delaney over a failed merger with the B.C. Conservative Party, an alternative to the B.C. Liberals and NDP will present itself before the next election.
	www.ecobc.org /NewsToday/2005/08/article406/index.cfm (1382 words)

	Welcome to the Vancouver Courier - On Line - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Vander Zalm served as mayor of Surrey from 1969 to 1976 before entering provincial politics, which led to a controversial reign as premier until he resigned in 1991.
		He labelled Vander Zalm as a "carpetbagger" at the beginning of the campaign, noting Vander Zalm's parachuting into the race was a factor at the polls.
		Harcourt and Vander Zalm both went on to be premiers of the province, as did Gordon Campbell who was mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993.
	www.vancourier.com /issues05/091105/news/091105nn3.html (764 words)

	HANCOCK HOUSE PUBLISHERS - Zalm & I - Full Synopsis
		Following the leadership win, I was still bewildered, but met Vander Zalm's qualifying standards by not carrying any political baggage and having a valid driver's license.
		Vander Zalm'a short ride as BC's unpredictable and charismatic premier was as exhilarating and memorable as the first dip of a roller coaster and left me covering my eyes at the peak of every climb.
		The Zalm and I is an outsiders truthful and often whimsical account of some of the qualities and shortcomings that make up the political character of BC's most controversial premier since the mythical Amor de Cosmos.
	www.hancockhouse.com /products/zzzalm_synopsis.htm (369 words)

	Bill Bennett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, he was the son of the former Premier, W.A.C. Bennett and following his father's resignation, Bill Bennett was elected on September 7, 1973 as the British Columbia Social Credit Party Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for South Okanagan.
		Inspired by conservative economist Milton Friedman, his government slashed social services and gutted labour laws in response to economic woes in 1983, provoking a general strike which further crippled the economy.
		Though still reviled by the left, Bennett remains generally highly respected among conservatives in BC, who view his rule as a "golden era" before the corruption of the Vander Zalm government and the NDP that succeeded him.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_R._Bennett (421 words)

	Gaining full bargaining rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bill 19 was a piece of legislation that restricted existing rights for trade unions while at the same time including teachers as employees entitled to those rights.
		Bill 20 created a College of Teachers that was intended to certify teachers and also to represent the professional interest of teachers.
		Rallies were held in a number of communities while thousands of teachers jammed into the Agridome in Vancouver to hear their president, Elsie McMurphy, square off against the Vander Zalm government for its attack on the BCTF.
	www.bctf.bc.ca /ezine/archive/1999-2000/2000-04/support/05Gaining-full.html (986 words)

	William Vander Zalm - TheBestLinks.com - Bill Vander Zalm, British Columbia, 1984, 1969, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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		Bill Vander Zalm, William Vander Zalm, British Columbia, 1984, 1969, 1991, 1975...
		After many years out of the spotlight, Vander Zalm again took a stab at office by running in Delta-South in a by-election in 1999 for the BC Reform Party.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Bill_Vander_Zalm.html (753 words)

	iSpy Martini: why Bill deserves another chance
		After this editorial appeared, the Liberals launched an aggressive campaign attempting to portray Bill Vander Zalm as someone who destroyed the BC economy and plunged the province into debt.
		When Vander Zalm took over as premier in 1986, he inherited a deficit of $1 billion.
		Regardless of what you think about him as a person, the public records show that Bill Vander Zalm was economically the most efficient premier since WAC Bennett's reign back in the 1960's.
	www.pytlik.com /martini/vanderzalm.html (983 words)

	Rafe Mair Online \| www.rafeonline.com \| Vancouver Province Editorials 1999 - 2002
		Bill Vander Zalm thought that Ted Hughes would somehow find that a premier who entertained private business customers at Government House and pressured the president of Petrocan to make a private deal wasn't guilty of a conflict of interest.
		Bill Bennett knew that the polls against him were irreversible and he resigned with honour and dignity.
		This is what has happened nationally where the NDP have been squeezed into a position almost akin to the loony left as they trot out arguments and slogans of the past in their vain effort to turn the clock back 25 years.
	www.rafeonline.com /archive/province/19990723.shtml (732 words)

	Vander Zalm still smiling after comeback loss
		Lillian Vander Zalm cheered from the sidelines as a crush of cameras surrounded her beaming husband.
		This time Vander Zalm hit the campaign trail in a bus, the same bus Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura usedmduring his remarkable run for the state's highest office.
		Vander Zalm says he will think this loss over and meet with members of the Reform party to decide what to do next.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/1999/12/08/bc_zalm991208.html (1203 words)

	Vander Zalm selling quiet retreat to top bidder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Former premier Bill Vander Zalm owns a lakefront acreage near 100 Mile House that boasts peace and quiet, water views, forest shade and riding trails.
		Vander Zalm, in an interview, said he took over the 34-hectare parcel on Tatton Lake, north of 100 Mile House, in the late 1970s as partial payment for a business deal, but hasn't had many opportunities to make use of it, having only visited it a few times in the decades since.
		Kieran Holm, sales development manager for Ritchie Bros. Real Estate Services Ltd., said interest in the Vander Zalm property has come from as near as B.C. and as far away as Dubai, so it is difficult to judge who might be in the bidding, or how much it will go for.
	www.canada.com /vancouversun/story.html?id=f8819593-c00c-49bd-bc84-ea2b97ac8216&k=47799 (695 words)

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