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  Bill Vander Zalm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Nicholas 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.
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 Bill Vander Zalm - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) became 28th premier of British Columbia, Canada in 1986.
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.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=William_N._Vander_Zalm   (835 words)

  
 Hansard -- Tuesday, March 31, 1981 -- Afternoon Sitting
VANDER ZALM: The UTDC is dealing with three firms in Vancouver to manufacture the linear induction motors.
VANDER ZALM: The other thing that should be cleared up before it's sort of left on the record in a way that the member possibly intended it to be is that when he mentions train control, the train control is the same as computer control.
VANDER ZALM: The capacity of this system is 25, 000 persons per hour per direction, which is 3, 500 more per direction than the conventional LRT.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /Hansard/32nd3rd/32p_03s_810331p.htm   (19911 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1985, Campbell was hired as executive director in the office of William R. Bennett, premier of British Columbia.
William N. Vander Zalm won the leadership job and became premier.
She often disagreed with Vander Zalm's policies, though she and the premier belonged to the same party.
www.worldbook.com /wc/features/whm/html/kcampbell.html   (1104 words)

  
 List of Canadians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Stephenson (codename: Intrepid) (1896-1989), soldier, airman, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence for the western hemisphere in World War II.
William N. Vander Zalm, (born 1934), premier of British Columbia 1986-08-06 to 1991-04-02
William Logan, (1798-1875), founded the Geological Survey of Canada, knighted by Queen Victoria, awarded the French Legion of Honor.
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 Rita Johnston biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
She became a cabinet minister under Premier William Vander Zalm, who was the former mayor of Surrey whom she had previously served under.
When Vander Zalm resigned on April 2, 1991, Johnson succeeded him and became acting premier.
At a Party convention in July 1991 she was formally elected elected leader of the Social Credit Party of BC, in a surprise upset, defeating the favored front-runner Grace McCarthy.
rita-johnston.biography.ms   (189 words)

  
 British Columbia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada, is bounded on the E by Alberta, on the S by Montana, Idaho, and Washington, on the W by the Pacific Ocean, on the NW by Alaska, and on the N by the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.
Large areas of central and N British Columbia are sparsely settled; almost three fourths of the population is crowded into the southwest coastal tip in the Georgia Strait region.
The Social Credit party regained control in 1975 under Premier William Richards Bennett, who was succeeded in 1986 by William Vander Zalm.
www.bartleby.com /65/br/BritCol.html   (1474 words)

  
 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Social Credit party began to collapse in the late 1980s under the leadership of William_Vander_Zalm, who took the party in a social conservative direction.
Vander Zalm was forced to resign due to a conflict of interest scandal.
During the 1991 provincial election, the ruling Social Credit Party disintegrated under Vander Zalm's successor, Premier Rita_Johnston.
www.witwik.com /British_Columbia_Liberal_Party   (1953 words)

  
 Home Business Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Richards Bennett, or simply Bill Bennett (born August 18, 1932) was Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia (1975-1986).
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.
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.
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On June 21, 1981, Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old fl freelance photographer, was arrested and charged with the murder of Nathaniel Carter, 27, one of the 28 victims.
After she was defeated in an attempt to succeed Vander Zalm as mayor, she decided to run for a seat in the provincial legislature.
Remembering her loyalty during his term as mayor, Vander Zalm appointed her minister of municipal affairs (1986-89), minister of transportation and highways (1989-91), and deputy premier (1990-91).
www.rulers.org /indexj.html   (18682 words)

  
 Facts & Stories
A William Meserve married Polly Dustin of Bethel in 1788 with Simon Frye Esq.
If this was the William Meserve of Standish, his wife must have died, for on Nov. 16, 1797, he married Mary (Davis) Boulter, widow of Lemuel Boulter of Standish.
William cottoned to this idea, accepted their offer, and was at once boarded at the home of John and Tamsen Tibbitts.
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 thetyee.ca NDP and U.S. Dems Share Election Challenges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1912, Republican president William Howard Taft was sent packing by Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
William Howard Taft saw his GOP base split in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party banner.
Vander Zalm did not run for a second term; Rita Johnson took over the Socred leadership.
sb4.nearlyfree.org /Views/2004/10/14/NDPUSElectionChallenges   (4890 words)

  
 Expo 86
In 1988, the site was sold to the Pan Pacific development corporation for a fraction of the original cost, a move that proved to be extremely controversial.
Premier William Vander Zalm and his friend, the late Peter Toigo were accused of influence peddling in the sale.
Today, the western two thirds of the site have been developed into parks and high rise condominiums; the eastern portion is used for the annual Molson Indy race.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/expo_86.html   (351 words)

  
 Hansard -- Monday, March 11, 1991 -- Afternoon Sitting
The document enabled the company to then issue, in the Premier's name, a block of 75, 000 class B non-voting redeemable shares, with Lillian Vander Zalm being issued 15, 000 of these new redeemable shares.
VANDER ZALM: I'll not take any more time in responding than the member did.
VANDER ZALM: The member went on to quote Hansard but did not relate ownership to business or what the quote might have been or how one relates to the other.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /HANSARD/34th4th/34p_04s_910311p.htm   (12717 words)

  
 Pierre Berton fonds, Sixth accrual, 1970-1988
Telegram (photocopy) from William Stephenson, 1982 + 1 photocopy.
TLs from William E. Taylor, 1982 with attachment + 2 photocopies.
F.86 Stapleton, William J. F.87 Steele, Cameron F. F.88 Stewart, Alexander R. F.89 Stewart, Walter.
library.mcmaster.ca /archives/findaids/findaids/b/berton.06.htm   (4204 words)

  
 Dictionary will   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
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Tribes who wish to pursue negotiations based on their sovereignty as n and aboriginal land claims that are equivalent to, rather than subsidiary to those of Canada are simply locked out of the negotiation process.
The panel appears to have kept a lot of the recommendations we have made, while they haven't kept them in their entirety and the language that we wanted we feel that they have incorporated many of the concerns we have.
Fran Williams: Okay Chesley we will try to keep an eye out on what happens after 30 days or 60 days whether you are reaching consensus or not.
www.nanews.org /archive/1999/nanews07.017   (18927 words)

  
 Cannabis Health Issue #3 March/April 2003
William C. Woodward of the American Medical Association opposed the Act, testifying that prohibition would ultimately prevent the medicinal uses of marijuana.
John and a few other lawyers were put up for this honour several years earlier when Bill Vander Zalm was Premier and turned down because of their positions against him and his government.
As John says – being turned down by Vander Zalm must have meant we were doing something right – in some ways an even greater accolade.
www.cannabishealth.com /issue_03   (6965 words)

  
 Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter L   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An abbreviation for lower case used by proofreaders and editors to indicate that a letter or letters printed as capitals should be lowercase letters.
The cartoon, which depicted Vander Zalm pulling out flies' wings, was judged to show him as being cruel and sadistic.
Little magazines are financed by people whose ideal is to present an intelligent and sophisticated writing platform of new and avant-garde forms that may go unpublished in the larger commercial magazines.
www.writersmarket.com /encyc/l.asp   (7022 words)

  
 Social Credit Party --  Encyclopædia Britannica
French Parti du Crédit Social minor Canadian political party founded in 1935 by William Aberhart in Alberta and based on British economist Clifford Douglas's Social Credit theory.
Vander Zalm, William N. (born 1934), Canadian public official, born in Noordwykerhout, Z.H. Holland; elected mayor of Surrey 1969; elected provincial legislator 1975 (Social Credit); appointed minister of human resources 1975; appointed minister of municipal affairs and minister responsible for the Urban Transit Authority 1978; appointed minister of education and minister responsible for...
For 200 years the history of Alberta was the history of the fur trade in western Canada (see fur trade).
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 William Vander Zalm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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William Nick Vander Zalm, commonly known as Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934) became British Columbia's 28th Premier in 1986.
Before becoming premier, Vander Zalm served as mayor of Surrey, British Columbia from 1969 to 1975.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/william_vander_zalm   (671 words)

  
 Featured Article III
As shown in the plat book comprising of the west half of the SW1/4 of Section 32, Town 94 N. Range 22 West of the 5th P.M. At the points indicated in the plat book iron monuments 12" long and 1" in diameter driven 6" below the surface of the ground to govern future surveys.
The first general store in Meservey was built by C. Reinke and son William in 1886.
The City Directory for 1893 was as follows: Blair Barney, Mayor; W. Vander Zalm, Recorder; J. Hill, Treasurer; John Quandt, Marshal.
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 A Brief History of Greater Vancouver
A CPR official had come out for a closer look at the location and gone back with a melancholy secret: the eastern end of Burrard Inlet was too shallow for the ocean-going ships that were part of the railway's global shipping plans.
William Van Home is also responsible for the city's name.
Big news in the 1990s was Canada's first female premier (Rita Johnson, MLA for Newton in Surrey, who was chosen after Bill Vander Zalm resigned.) The Bob Pritte Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library opened.
www.discovervancouver.com /GVB/history-of-vancouver.asp   (7237 words)

  
 Balanced Budget Legislation in Canada - Footnotes
Then-premier Vander Zalm, proclaimed that B.C.'s version of a balanced budget statute was "the greatest achievement by any government in this province's history or this country's history".
This results from the fact that with fewer budget bills, legislators are more likely to accept objectionable appropriations for the overall good of approving the budget.
Buiter, G. Corsetti, and N. Roubini, "Excessive Deficits: Sense and Nonsense in the Treaty of Maastricht" (April 1993) 16 Econ.
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 UBC Archives - Philip and Helen Akrigg - File List
Vander Zalm, letter of 21 April 1977 to H.B. Akrigg.
William Shakespeare, the Earl of Southampton, James I and the Jacobean Period BOX 12 Photocopies of the originals of letters printed in Letters of King James VI and I, editor G.P.V. Akrigg, Berkeley, The University of California Press [1984].
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS William Shakespeare, the Earl of Southampton, James I and the Jacobean Period BOX 18 Microfilms - Part A. Books and Manuscripts relating to Court of King James VI and I and to background events.
www.library.ubc.ca /archives/u_arch/akrigg1.html   (16803 words)

  
 thetyee.ca We Paid Record Sales Taxes This Year
But economic recession in the early 1980s halted the downward trend and it was raised first from four to six percent, and then back to seven percent.
A short-lived retrenchment followed when a new Socred premier, Bill Vander Zalm, reduced the rate from seven to six percent in 1987.
Vander Zalm also pledged a further cut to five percent at an unspecified future date.
www.thetyee.ca /Views/2004/10/22/RecordSalesTaxesThisYr   (5463 words)

  
 Straight.com Vancouver | Time Out Events | Et Cetera
North American Skateboarding Championships, with more than 150 pro skaters competing in street, vert, and girls’ contests, plus an outdoor public skatepark, a marketplace of skateboard merchandise, a video lounge, art gallery, and live music.
Photographer William Jans presents a multimedia show on his travels through Laos, Southern China, and Tibet.
Local rock ‘n’ roll cover band plays a fundraiser for the Green Party.
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 omnibus entertainment systems / les maîtres chez nous 11.05.94   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The 'Quiet Revolution' built a new society with a mentality that it can do it alone, without Canada.
n the 1970s the momentum which had driven the 'Quiet Revolution' during the early 1960s continued in the form of restrictive measures to retain French as the dominant language in Québec.
Before the 1960s, French speakers were definitely disadvantaged compared to English speakers of English origin.
www.csua.berkeley.edu /~dhuang/940511.html   (3962 words)

  
 Folklore Heritage In the Pacific Northwest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HEINE, William C. Kooks and Dukes Counts and No-Accounts.
WILLIAMS, David R. One Hundred Years at St. Peter's Quamichan.
WILLIAMS, M. Kootenay National Park and the Banff Windermere Highway.
collections.ic.gc.ca /folklore/biblio/bc-books.htm   (6320 words)

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