Bill Vander Zalm was Minister of Human Resources in British Columbia. In July 1977 he attacked the existence of Gay Workers’ Support Group within the Vancouver Resources Board. In 1978 when employees of the VRB came under the emplyment of Vander Zalm’s ministry, they lost protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Later that year Vander Zalm supported statements from Social Credit Party federal leader Lorne Reznowski, who said in an interview “I have the greatest compassion for homosexuals. But it’s a serious psychological disorder. And you don’t cure something by legalising it.”
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Bill Vander Zalm (Main)
BE [n77.199]
William N. Vander Zalm (altName)
B [VIAF] Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm (altName)BE [Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm] |
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| Related Pages | Bill Vander Zalm on LGLC
Bill Vander Zalm on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1934/05/29 |
| Birth Place | Noordwijkerhout |
| Identities |
Dutch
BG [Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm] |
| Occupations |
Minister of Education
Government
1982 - 1983 Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm Minister of Human Resources Government1975 - 1978 https://lglc.ca/event/n77.199 Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm Minister of Municipal Affairs Government1978 - 1982 Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm Premier, BC Politician1986/07 Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm |
| Associated Organizations |
Organization: Reform Party of British Columbia (President)
1998 Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm Organization: Social Credit party of Canada (Member)notAfter(1986/07) Patricia E. Roy, “Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie Vander Zalm,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 29 May 2011, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilhelmus-nicholaas-theodore-marie-vander-zalm Organization: B.C. Ministry of Human Resources (Member)notAfter(1977/07/13) BCE [n77.199] |