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April 17, 1983

Reynolds ousts
‘local boy’ Sager

OUTSIDER JOHN REYNOLDS beat out local

boy Mark Sager in a nail-biting three ballot battle
Thursday to become the Social Credit candidate
for West Vancouver and Howe Sound.

It was the first time in 17
:-years that Socreds needed a
‘new. face for the supposedly
safe seat held all that time by
retiring Attorney General
Allan Williams.

And there was a feeling of
tension and excitement as
about 750 party faithfuls -
435 of them registered voting

‘delegates — jammed
Sentinel High School
gymnasium to the rafters to
choose between the slate of
seven candidates: John
Reynolds; Mark Sager, Dan
Cumming, Margot Furk,
Trevor Neate, Mary Kerr
and Mike Cramond.

Riding association
president Furk was a sur-
prise last-minute entry in the
race but along with Neate,
Kerr and Cramond she fell
by the wayside in the first
ballot.

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Cumming dropped out in
the second ballot. Neck and
neck as they raced down to
the wire, Reynolds pipped
Sager at the spot by 235
votes to 173 in the third
ballot.

Beaming his brand new
Socred smile, Reynolds, who
only joined the Socred party
two months ago, learned of
his victory as cheering aides
poured out of classroom 303
where the final ballots were
being counted.

“Fantastic,” he said. “It's
wonderful to be back in
politics again.”

Reynolds, 41, was Con-
servative MP for Burnaby/-

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Ambleside
plans
lled out

CROWDED MEETING of West Van-Howe Sound Social Credit Constituency Association Thursday night

six at Sentinel Secondary School prepares to nominate its candidate in the May 5 provincial election from

among seven contenders. The nearly
won out over Mark Sager.

Fountain still on ‘back burner’

AMBLESIDE Park patrons can now ponder a
variety of alternatives for the future of their park.

in a presentation to West
Vancouver council Monday
Deputy Manager Dr. Bob
Collicr described in detail
the future possibilities for
the park.

These include a possible
one-way loop” road all
through the park, or a
closed-off roadway allowing
an extra playing field and the
devclopment of more
parking spaces

These staff suggestions
will go the the parks and

recreation advisory planning
commission for study

“These improvements to
the park would mean a very
mg step for this community
J hope that when the report
comes back to council, it
will consider oa public
meeting to ensure that
everybody has the op
portunity fo comment on
these ideas,” said Alderman

Diana Hutchinson, who ts
opposed to making any
changes at the moment
because of economic
restraints

Mayor Derrick Hum-
phroys agreed that there was
ho sparc moncy in the
coffers at the moment to
make any mayor changes to
the park. although he was
having discussions with
federal officials into the
possibility oof including
Amblicside Park main
tenance work as part of the
government's make-work
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500 voting members cast three ballots before John Reynolds finally

SUNDAY:

Sunny and clear

MONDAY:
Little change

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