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Vaughn Palmer: Colin Gabelmann stuck to his principles, even voting against his NDP colleagues

Opinion: Gabelmann, the attorney general in the Dave Barrett government, died this week at 82

VICTORIA — The death this week of former NDP MLA and cabinet minister Colin Gabelmann at the age of 82 had me thinking of my first dealings with him, 40 years ago.

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It was the spring of 1987 and the re-elected Social Credit government under new Premier Bill Vander Zalm had introduced Bill 19, as one-sided a piece of labour legislation as had been seen in the province much........

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