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Katharine Hamer

News Reporter
khamer@nsnews.com

JEREMY Dalton is
facing some competi-
tion for his seat in
Victoria.

West. Vancouver business
lawyer Jim Hogan has been
approved by B.C. Libersi
Party leader = Gordon
Campbell to run as a poten-
tial candidate against the
longstanding West
Vancouver: Capilano MLA,

An official candidate for
the riding will be selected at
a nomination meeting Jan.
2300 at othe = ~— Capilano
Suspension Bridge banquet
room.

Hogan said he wasn’t sure
if there were other entrants
to the riding race, but wel-
comed any opponents.

“Democracy should be
open — we believe that
Dalton should have a con-
test,” he said. “And may the
better man or woman win.”

Hogan described Dalton
as “a fine person, He's very
much a gentleman — but
unfortunately he has allowed
himself to use poor judge-
ment in defence of certain
issues.”

JIM Hogan: approved as
potential MLA candidate
by Liberal ieader.

Since winning his seat for
the first time in 1991,
Dalton has been in hot water

several times over the use of

legislative letterhead for pri-
Vate matters.

The MLA was suspended
from the caucus in April after
sending a mi
of his father-in-law,
Macdonald.

A portion of Macdonald's
ranch near Williams Lake was
in limbo because it contained
an ancient aboriginal burial
ground.

It was the second time
Dalton had written on MLA

Neil

ive on behalf

JEREMY Dalton has
been WV-Capilano MLA
for nine years.

letterhead to Williams Lake
MLA David Zirnhelr on
behalf of Macdonald.

Liberal leader Gordon
Campbell removed Dalton
from his post as labour critic
the first time he sent a note
out oon the letterhead in
1997.

In 1999, Dalton lost his
job as deputy whip and critic
for education and the envi-
ronment when he sent a
complaint letter on MLA sta-
tionary to — then-North
Vancouver school — board
chairman Doug MacKay-
Dunn,

Dalton wrote to MacKay-
Ruan about a personnel
matter at Handsworth school
where his children were
pupils.

‘To press time, Dalton had
not heard whether he'd been
given the official nod to run
as a candidate, but said, “1
havent been told that |
havent (won approval.”

Dalton said he thought he
had served his constituency
well over nine vears, and had
good support trom his col-
leagues in the caucus.

“Let's put it this way,” he
summarized, “Pin feeling
confident.”

Hogan's last run at public
office was for the West
Vancouver mayor's chair in
1996.

He performed well at the
polls, but lost out co Pat
Boname.

Originally from
Saskatchewan, Hogan has
lived in the same house in
West Vancouver since 1968.
Politics is in his family: his

prandfather was a member of
8

the Saskatchewan legislature;
his nephew is renowned poll-
ster Angus Reid. Hogan
himself was president of the
student Liberal association at
university.

He sees a lot of the same

Head-on collision leaves two drivers dead

TWO men died Friday
following a head-on
collision on the Sea to
Sky Highway.

According to a Squamish
RCMP spokesman, ovo pick-

up trucks collided at approxi-
mately 7:50 a.m. near
Porteau Cove provincial park.
Police say the highway
was bare and wet at the time
of the collision. One of the
trucks crossed the centre line,

causing extensive damage to
both vehicles. One of the
trucks ended up on the BC
Rail track beside the highway.
The passenger of one of
the trucks was seriously
injured and was airlilted to

hospital from the scene.

The highway and rail line
were closed to traffic for
three hours as a result of the
accident. To press time, the
identities of the deceased
were being withheld.

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limitations of the Lions Gate
Bridge and the lack of room
for ferries expansion at

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with short-term solutions.
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