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A RED Rolls Royce parked outside a political candidate's
strategy meeting would win some sort of Marie Antoinette
award for chutzpah were it not for the driver.

Bill Sleeman, financial guru to
the Jim Pattison Group of Com-
panies, is a thoroughly competent,
self-effacing administrator.
Operating with customary
restraint, Jim Pattison gave
Sleeman the Rolls as a retirement
gift.

As new as he is to this masterful
British automobile, Sleeman is
currently dipping his toes into the
political pond, not as a candidate,
but as an active supporter of
Dianne Hartwick.

The not-quite-so-young-anymore

Ms. Hartwick, still eager, bright
and attractive, was nursed on the
brilliant homespun philosophy of
W.A.C. Bennett, as she grew up in
West Vancouver. The Hartwicks
~— particularly Mother — were
Bennett family friends from
Kelowna.

A few weeks ago in this space we
suggested that great political sport
is due to take place in the four
North Shore ridings: the new
line-up, with an extra seat, is
North Vancouver-Seymour, North
Vancouver-Lonsdale, West Van-
couver-Capilano and West Van-
couver-Garibaldi.

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All the fun will be in the Social
Credit camp, unless Doug Collins,
my shy and retiring fellow colum-
nist, decides to grace some un-
suspecting party with his presence.

The NDP will round up the
usual collection of lambs and the
Reform Party will make a few
noises, but plan your sleep for
election day. The action is now:
Social Credit nominations.

The eternal Jack Davis has a
lock on Seymour. Speculation is
that North Vancouver District
Mayor Marilyn Baker will seek and
win the Lonsdale nomination.

As we climb the mortgages into
Fantasyland, we can assume prize
seats for the scramble.

At last report, John Reynolds,
the Eco-Warrior, was honing in on
the super safe West Van-Capilano
riding, leaving incumbent Angus
Ree somewhat in the lurch. He
might actually have to run where
he lives: West Van-

couver-Garibaldi. Poor planning.

Reynolds, with two properties in
this westernmost North Shore
riding, and hefty investments at
Whistler, has indicated an interest
in the West Van-Capilano race. In
doing so, he has meandered
straight into the sights of a politi-
cal cannon. .

Dianne Hartwick is
itching to take on the
Environment Minister,
but she is not the
heavy artillery.’’

Dianne Hartwick is itching to
take on the Environment Minister,
but she is not the heavy artillery.

Bill Sleeman’s Rolls Royce will
be followed by a parade of tanks.
Don Docksteader prefers to call
them Volvos. Then there is the in-
triguing presence of vocalist and
environmentalist Terry Jacks,
definitely not a Socred, but equally
determined to support Diane.

Jacks, too, wants to have a go at
Reynolds.

The presence of Sleeman does
not ensure the endorsement of
Pattison (whose house occupies
one third of the constituency), but
don’t be surprised if various assets
come into the picture.

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It’s not much of an exaggeration
to say that Dianne Hartwick has
been in politics all her life. But
there have been other interests. A
handicapped brother influenced
her to study education and
ultimately to earn a master’s degree
in education psychology.

For two years, she had a
fascinating government job as a
special assistant coordinating the
social services input of five
ministries. Among the ministers
she worked for and still respects
were Grace McCarthy and Bill
Vander Zalm.

Once, previously, she attempted
and failed to win election: an ili-

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fated campaign in Point Grey.

if she runs against Reynolds —
despite the strength of her cam-
paign team — she will be the
underdog. For all the controversy
that invariably surrounds him,
John Reynolds is an extraordinari-
ly gifted political campaigner.

If her machine continues to gain
strength, the best outcome for the
Social Credit Party may be to have
Reynolds contest the Garibaldi
constituency, from 22nd Street in
West Van to Pemberton.

He has made friends throughout
this territory.

Hartwick’s candidacy is sure to
reawaken an old issue. She and her
mother have invested six years into
an effort to have Powder Moun-
tain developed as a new ski resort
destination. With other investors,
they have sunk about $2 million
into this fading dream.

At one point, they were making
a pitch to cabinet minister Cliff
Michael, when Michael used the
occasion to promote the sale of
some land he owned in the
Shuswap. When the matter erupted
publicly, Michael was forced to
resign.

This was merely a sideshow ina
series of bureaucratic dealings in
which the Hartwicks feel they were
shabbily treated by the Vander
Zalm government, and particularly
the unlamented David Poole.

“But Powder Mountain has
nothing to do with my campaign,”’
Dianne Hartwick told me recently.
“(My commitment to the party is as
strong now as it has ever been.
I’ve worked with the premier, and
I’ve always been impressed by his
creative ability. But we have to do
a better job as an organization.”

However, there is this splendid
letter signed by John Reynolds,
fully endorsing Powder Mountain,
a testimonial conveniently forgot-
ten as soon as it became con-
troversial ... one wonders how
many hundreds of copies will be
printed.

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9 - Sunday, May 6, 1990 - North Shore News

Drivers guilty of drinking

RECENT CONVICTIONS in
North Shore courts have resulted
in fines and penalties for drinking
and driving related offences:

WEST VANCOUVER: Nicola
Jane Buchanan Smith, 23, 1-1107

Matheson, 63, 452 West Kings
Rd., North Vancouver (over .08,
30 days jail); Craig Willaim
Clausen, 21, 80 Park Place

Apartments, Squamish (impaired,
seven days jail).

Thurlow St., Vancouver (over .08,
$500 fine, one-year driving suspen-
sion).

NORTH VANCOUVER: Michael
Martin McIntosh, 25, 302-150 East
itth St., North Vancouver (im-
paired, $650 fine); Donald

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