N. Shore teachers, municipal officials happy with outcome THE B.C Social Credit party will now have to do some ! serious soul searching and rebuilding; the New Democrats have earned the right to govern B.C.; and the official op- ' government stays honest. At least those are some of the B®. opinions of North Shore . municipal, education and business officials following Thursday’s ma- jority election win by the NDP, the crushing defeat of the Socreds and the Liberals’ return to B.C. politics. Long-time former Socred MLA Angus Ree, who stepped out of the political arena this year after serving as the MLA for North Vancouver-Capilano for the past 12 years, said he was ‘“‘quite dev- astated”’ by the election resulis. “*Y wasn’t expecting that big of a! a change. I recognize that there is now a large free enterprise vote for the NDP," said Ree. ‘‘They have too strong of a government. wt 1 think the Social Credit party will i have to do a lot of deep think- ing.”’ But Ree added that the Socreds are not dead in the water yet. “‘What really discourages me —: -- and Nerth Vancouver-Lonsdale is - voters ‘Schreck as their new MLA. a good example of that — were that the people were voting for the party and not the candidate and I think that’s wrong,’” said Ree. He added that most voters did not know anything about the Lib- erals and as a result ‘‘didn’t know who they were voting for.” 4: <-But- North Vancouver City Ald. : Bi Bell, who took a leave of absence from his public relations " job at Douglas College to work as :an' NDP public relations official during the election campaign, said he is glad North Vancouver City elected the NDP’s David Bell had run wunsuccessfuly :against Schreck for the NDP . nomination .and had worked as Schreck’s campaign. manager in wo previous provincial elections. ‘It gives me pleasure to see a good friend and a brilliant person _win. He’s (Schreck) going to be a ‘tremendous asset and it will make my job as alderman easier,” said Bell. ° -- (As far as the Liberals go, we “now ‘have a three-party system. Gordon Wilson (Liberal leader) is -a‘good ‘friend of mine and on one _level I was disappointed to see ‘him beat an NDP candidate, but ‘- on another level I think he will do a good job.” West. Vancouver District Ald. Patricia Boname said. she was happy to see two Liberals elected in the West Vancouver-Capilano ‘and West Vancouver-Garibaldi constituencies. @ High Profiles @ Cocktails & Caviar * position Liberals will make sure the new socialist provincial By Surj Rattan and Michael Becker She called West Vancouver- Garibaldi MLA David Mitchell “an intelligent young man’’ who will do a ‘‘wonderful job.’’ Boname also gave praise to former West Vancouver-Howe Sound MLA John Reynolds, who was defeated by the Liberal's Jeremy Dalton in the new West Vancouver-Capilano constitueacy. “John Reynolds did a lot for this municipality and I appreciate what he did. I don’t think it was a vote against John as much as it was a vote against the party,’’ said Boname. “I feel Jeremy Dalton will do a good job."’ North Vancouver District Ald. Janice Harris said she was “‘thrill- ed that we have an NDP govern- ment.” “It’s a good reflection of this province and having a Liberal op- position I hope the level of debate will now improve,” said Harris. Harcourt said during the eiec- tion campaign that if he was elected he would scrap the Socred’s controversial Bills 19 and 82. That move was applauded by both the North Vancouver Teach- ers’ Association (NVTA) and the West Vancouver Teachers’ Association (WVTA). “We're very relieved,’’ said NVTA president Linda Watson. “I consider it a vote for honesty and for government services. Teachers. will look forward to some stability.’* Said North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce president Bruce Young, ‘‘The chamber has always been a non-partisan kind of operation and we pride ourselves at not taking political sides. It’s in that venue that we’re able to be effective for the business com- munity. Our objective is to pro- mote economic development on the North Shore. Part of the chamber’s responsibility, through our business information centre is to provide business start-up in- formation on government pro- grams and grants. ; “Certainly with the election, many of these government pro- grams have been on hold for almost six months. Our obvious concern is how is the new gov- ernment going to be looking at some of these programs ir ex- istence?”’ @ Lifestyles @ Miss Manners @ Spiritually Speaking @ Vintage Years B What's Going On Weather Monday, cloudy, Tuesday, sunny with cloudy periods. Highs 13°C, Low 5°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 NEWS photo Nell Lucente THE LOOK on John Reynolds’ face say: it all. Reynolds, who has served as the Socred MLA for the old West Vancouver-Howe Sound riding; since 1983, lost in his re-election bid Thursday to the Lib- eral’s Jeremy Daiton in the new West Vanceouver-Capilano riding. THE RED white and blue Social Credit colors that have dominated the North Shore \:vovincial political scene for the past two decades havi: now been replac- ed by the red colors of the B.C. Libyvral Party and the red, white and orange stripes of the New Democratic Party. The following are the thoughts of the four new North Shore MLAs and the challengers who placed second in their respective constituencies in Thursday’s provincial election race. WEST VANCOUVER- GARISALDI: @ Elected: David Mitchell: (Liberal) West Vencouver- Garibaldi MLA: “in this riding we were very confident that we would win. It’s a very large riding and we won in West Vancouver which is largely Social Credic and we won on Bowen Island which is largely NDP. There is and has been a long tradition of liber- alism in this riding. The Social Credit support has completely collapsed. ‘‘I was surprised that we won 17 seats; I thought we would win about a dozen, but I still thought we would be the Opposition. Our objective now is to get into the house and hold the NDP accountable. We've put the NDF on notice. @ Defeated: Brian Gites: (NDP) West Vancouver- Garibaldi candidate: “Pm disappointed. Certainly congratulations have to go to Mr. Mitchell. I’m happy about our party’s win. It was a cam- paign that was made con- troversial by the bribe factor with the Social Credit can- didate and again by the Liberal candidate not having much knowledge about the riding and -getting a big boost from the federal Liberals.’’ WEST VANCOUVER- CAPILANO: @ Elected: Jcremy (Liberal) West couver-Capilano MLA: “‘We knew we were going to win and it’s been a long time coming for me. Over the sum- | mer people were saying they Dalton: Van- By Surj Rattan and Michael Be cker wanted a change. After the (Jeaders’) debate people said: *Yes, we want you’. “It was a good, neat: and tidy campaign. There was nothing in this campaigi* that was negative.”’ @ Defeated: John Reynolds: (Social Credit) West ‘Yan- couver-Capilano candidate: “T knew it (defeat) was com- ing all along. I knew it was over after Grace McCarthy lost the leadership race. I wasn’t even going to run, but there were so many people dropping out that I thought I better run. “There’s no question that the defeat of Social Credit was a result of the last five years of the Bill Vander Zalm reign. The people gave Social Credit what it deserved. “I think my political days are over for right now.”’ NORTH VANCOUVER- LONSDALE: -@ Elected: David Schreck: (NDP) North Vancouver- Lonsdale MLA: “We expected to do well. We did not expect the Liberals to do as well as they did. We've got a guy who lives in Vancouver, did not campaign, did not declare until halfway through the campaign and almost won. “My heart goes out to Marilyn Baker. I’ve been there twice myself ané I know what it’s like to have high expections and have them dashed. “I’m extremely pleased that the North Shore will have a representative in the govern- ment caucus. If it weren’t for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, the North Shore would be frozen out of the government caucus.”” @ Defeated: Marilyn Baker (Social Credit) North Van- couver-Lonsdale candidate: “I think it was a very strong statement by the people of British Columbia. They are fed up with what they perceive to be confrontational politics and I think there’s.a challenge tor the people who have been elected to get on with dealing with the problems that face us in the world. There has to be some cooperation to deal with the problems that face us rather than head-bashing. “‘} was hearing on the doorstep from a number of people who said, ‘We really wish you were running for another party.’ They said it again and again and again. ‘ “I’m going to go clean out | the office and then I think I might go sailing for a day cr two. This has been a long, long campaign and I have put a lot of