AND WEST VAMCOUVE ERS SOE, Special feature - spring in bloom Fashion: 13 March 31, 1991 Classifieds 986-6222 Office, Editorial 985-2131 Display Advertising 980-0511 Distribution 986-1337 56 pages 25¢ ied Veteran North Van MLA dies after long battle with cancer VETERAN NORTH Shore politiciaa Jack Davis, who died Wednesday following a long battle with cancer, is remembered with love and respect by those who knew and worked with him. Davis, North Van- . couver-Seymour MLA and Energy By Michael Becker Mines And Petroleum Resources News Reporter Minister, was 74 years old when “7 he died. Davis worked with a team of Said North Vancouver-Capilano Canadian chemists in the early MLA Angus Ree, ‘‘He was a per- 1940s to develop a ‘‘super ex- son who served his community plosive’’ known as RDX. The ex- well. He’s been a colleague of plosive was subsequently used by mine in adjoining ridings for 12 : . : years.”” Ree remembers voting for Davis federally. Davis served as the fed- eral Liberal member for Capilano from 1962 to 1974. “I was a Conservative, but Jack was the best candidate,’’ Ree said. “Sometimes | thought he was a lite bit in the clouds, but that was because he was so intelligent — he was thinking about things most of us don’t think about. The province is worse for Josing him. We're going to miss him,’’ he ad- ded. . Ree fast saw Davis two weeks i . : = aaa ago in caucus in Victoria. MLA JACK DAVIS... a long ca- Shawn Thomas worked as recr in both federal and pro- Davis’ ministerial assistant in Vic- vincial politics. toria. Said Thomas, ‘‘He was a_ the Allies to sink the German bat- tremendously intellectual person tleship Tirpitz. Davis went on tc who had an excellent grasp of the become a flight engineer and issues. He knew exactly what he worked to develop jet engine wanted in life and he had the abil- _ technology. ity to get it. He was a unique Following the war he studied minister in the sense that he pro- politics, philosophy and vided the ministry with the economics at Oxford University. freedom to do its work and In 1957, Davis joined the B.C. business. And he was there as a Electric Co. as director of leader — bottom line is that he research and planning. The was an incredible person.”’ ‘‘socialization’’ of the investor- Davis was also a man respected owned utility by Premier W.A.C. on both sides of the provincial Bennett in 1961 led Davis into the. fegislature. political arena. Davis ran for the North Vancouver NDP can-_ federal Liberal position in the didate David Schreck ran against Capilano constituency and beat Davis in 1983 and 1986. out North Vancouver alderman Said Schreck, ‘‘My sympathy is’ and hotliner Pat Burns. extended to his wife and his fami- Davis became a Liberal MP in ly. 1 found him to be a bright and =: 1962. capable person. I've always In 1968 Pierre Elliot Trudeau respected him. His mind was appointed Davis to federal Cabi- always on policy issues and he was _ net as acting minister of trade and always looking years ahead.” commerce. Following the July Although the two pcliticans 1968 election he was appointed disagreed on social issues, Schreck Minister of Fisheries and Forestry. said he valued Davis’ opinions on Davis lost his federal seat in energy matters. 1974, Davis graduated from UBC in He joined the provincial Social 1939 with a bachelor of applied Credit Party in 1975. In December e science degree in chemical of that year he won the provincial H ‘al engineering. North Vancouver-Seymour riding 1 en Treasures While at UBC, Davis played and was named Minister of Senior A. basketball. During the Energy, Transport and Com- AS PART of Easter festivities eight-year-old Diana Bebek joins in the Aunt for eggs. Capilano 1936-37 season with the Thunder” munications by Bill Bennett. . Suspension Bridge is hosting an Easter festival today that will include egg hunts and many birds his team played and beat the He resigned et 1 Bennett other activities. Phone 985-7474 for more information. legendary Harlem Globetrotters in cabinet in 1978 following an a touring game. RCMP investigation into allega- A Rhodes scholar, Davis receiv- tions of having converted first- ed a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from McGill University in 1942. See Davis page & vv HORE 2S SINCE 1 so REACHING EVER 9 ow M.-y.