party has a right to run, but I expect to win the nomination.”” IN HIS OWN WORDS What made you want to get into politics?: ‘1 worked for a Conser- vative candidate in the 1968 federal election who was running third to an NDP candidate and a Liberal. The one who won the election, by the way, was Mark Rose, who now sits in our provincial legislature (Coquitlan-Moody NDP MLA) and I actually told him (Rose) one night when he knocked on my door that if you weren’t a socialist I'd vote for you because you're the best of the three candidates. That gave me the urge to run for poli- tics.’ Why did you seek the Social Credit leadership in 19867: ‘I'd run for provincial politics and when you serve six years in the federal House of Commons not too many British Columbians get to know you because they (MPs) get to Ottawa and Ottawa seems very distant and the only things you see on the news in British Columbia, which I think is very unfortunate, is clips of the prime minister and cabinet ministers. Very seldom do they (Ottawa press) feature British Col- umbian politicians and what they think about the issues. So when Mr. (Bill) Bennett decided to step down I decided to run, and coming in fifth out of 12 is not bad for the first time around. I met a lot of nice peo- p le.?? Were you very disappointed at not winning?: ‘‘Everybody in politics likes to win but the difference be- tween not winning that (leadership) is that you’re losing to your friends. Losing a general election can be very tough. If you lose to friends in the party, that’s not a big disappointment. They’re your friends. It was a clean campaign and the best candidate won, there’s no question about that. The party wanted Bill Vander Zalm and they got him. Do you think you are treated fairly by the legislative press corps?: ‘‘1 never argue with the media. I'll say what I think, they can say what they think. I think the one thing I have with the legislative press gallery is respect as a_ politi- cian...that I do my job and look after my constituency. They may disagree with some of our policies from time to time, but no one wili question the integrity or the sincer- ity.” | 1370 MARINE DRIVE . : VANCOUVER: (across from: Medes Bora) 988-3443 * photo indy Goodman B.C. ENVIRONMENT Minister and West Vancouver-Howe Sound MLA John Reynolds: ‘‘Everybody in the 19 - Sunday, May 27, 1990 - North Shore News INFLUENCE Reynolds ready to battle Hartwick for nomination From page 18 marriage broke down,”’ says Reynolds, who is married to his second wife Yvonne and has a total of seven children from his two marriages. Reynolds plans to seek re-elec- tion in the new provincial riding of West Vancouver-Capilano. He was first elected to the pro- vincial legislature in 1983 when he took West Vancouver-Howe Sound for the Socreds with 62 per cent of the riding’s votes. Reynolds had joined the Social Credit Party two weeks before the nomination meeting and had triumphed over West Vancouver Ald. Mark Sager, the candidate who had been expected to win. This time around Reynolds will . be challenged for the West Van- couver-Capilano riding’s Socred nomination by 38-year-old Dianne Hartwick, who, along with her mother, Nan, has raised recent controversy in News articles and within Socred ranks over the gov- ernment’s handling of their hopes to build the multi-million dollar Powder Mountain ski resort near Whistler. Reynolds says he welcomes the challenge. But he is also extremely confident of victory at tomorrow’s nomination meeting. “Everybody in the party has a right to run, but I expect to win the nomination,”’ he says. He is also critical of En- vironmental Watch founder Terry WANTED CHILLI COOKERS “TEXAS CHILL! COOK OFF”’ Sunday June 17, Father’s Day Team entry forms now available at North & South Lottery Booths. PARK ROYAL SHOPPING CENTRE Jacks, probably one of Reynolds’ harshest critics, for supporting Hartwick’s nomination bid ina full-page ad purchased in the North Shore News by Hartwick. “The only thing that disturbs me about him (Jacks) is when he withdrew his lawsuit a few weeks ago. He didn’t stand up and say: ‘Hey, this minister has done some tough things, he’s met the com- mitments, so I’m withdrawing my tawsuit,’”’ says Reynolds, referring to a lawsuit Jacks recently dropped against the environment ministry after Reynolds cracked down on two Howe Sound pulp mills. “Instead he says, ‘well, I’m withdrawing it but the minister’s still doing a rotten job and people should vote for the NDP if tiey want a clean environment, and I’m apolitical myself.’ Then he appears in an ad.” Over the last few years the en- vironment has become the top po- litical issue in Canada. But Reynolds says there is still a lot of work to do in cleaning up the en- vironment. “*I spoke fast week to a group of teachers on a professional day. I drove into the school and parallel to the parking lot were a bunch of tennis courts littered with newspa- pers, tin cans and everything else you could think of. I thought, here we are going in to talk to these teachers about the environment and the schoo! is filled with litter.’’ *“There’s a big job still to do.”” a