* Guy Vander Jagt, U. S. Representative

The district, previously the 9th, had been represented for 26 years by Guy Vander Jagt, longtime chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Hoekstra rode his bicycle across the district, charging that Vander Jagt had served in Congress for too long.

Guy Vander Jagt ( R )

Guy Vander Jagt of Michigan, longtime chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said that Cunningham had considerable " drawing power " and was treated as a celebrity by his fellow Republicans.

Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007 ) was a Republican politician from Michigan.

Vander Jagt was described by President Nixon as " the best public speaker in America ," a sentiment echoed by the producer of the Homebuilder's Convention: " I've been doing this for 26 years and have worked with Colin Powell, Margaret Thatcher and George Bush and many other greats and Vander Jagt was by far the best speaker we ever had.

" Ronald Reagan was quoted as saying " some call me the great communicator but if there was one thing I dreaded during my eight years in Washington it was having to follow Guy Vander Jagt to the podium.

Vander Jagt went on to attend Yale Divinity School, graduating in 1955 with a B. D ..

When he returned to West Michigan, Vander Jagt served as an interim pastor of the Cadillac Congregational Church for a short time, before working at the WWTV television station as a newscaster and news director.

Vander Jagt next went back to school to study law at Georgetown University in Washington, D. C., but soon transferred to the University of Michigan Law School, where he received his J. D.

Following the death of U. S. Senator Patrick V. McNamara in April 1966, Vander Jagt, along with fellow Republicans Robert P. Griffin and Leroy Augenstein, was a leading contender for appointment to the vacant U. S. Senate seat.

Michigan Governor George Romney set guidelines for determining a consensus candidate, and when it became clear that none would meet the 65 % support level that Romney demanded, Vander Jagt withdrew and threw his support behind Griffin, who was appointed to the Senate in May.

In turn, Vander Jagt was elected in November simultaneously to fill the remainder of Griffin's term in the U. S. House and to a full term.

Vander Jagt was appointed to the Ways and Means Committee in 1974 where he served on the Trade and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittees.

In 1980, Vander Jagt was chosen by presidential nominee Ronald Reagan to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Detroit.

Using momentum from the convention speech, Vander Jagt ran for House Minority Leader after John J. Rhodes of Arizona decided not to run for the post again, but lost to Bob Michel of Illinois.

Vander Jagt served as Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee from 1975 until he left the House.

Development of the Vander Veer Park was one of the first major beautification efforts.

Owner Rich DeVos announced on October 21 that he was transferring ownership to his children, with the official owner role moving to son-in-law and team President Bob Vander Weide.

Richard Blackmore's Instructions to Vander Beck was virtually alone among English poems in attempting to celebrate the " victory " of Marlborough at Malplaquet, while it moved the English Tory party to begin agitating for a withdrawal from the alliance as soon as they formed a government the next year.

" Vander himself has said that, " When I wrote, the sounds Kobaïan came naturally with it – I didn ’ t intellectualise the process by saying " Ok, now I ’ m going to write some words in a particular language ", it was really sounds that were coming at the same time as the music.

During the same period, the ruling Social Credit party was beset by controversy under the leadership of William Vander Zalm.

Riding high in the polls, it appeared that the party was poised to win the 1986 election against the unpopular Social Credit government of the day but due to a minor verbal gaffe by its new leader Bob Skelly during the campaign and the surprising charisma and telegenic performance of the Socreds ' new leader William Vander Zalm, the party failed to score its anticipated breakthrough.

* Pebbles as a baby was voiced by Jean Vander Pyl who also played her mother.

Vander Zalm was born and raised in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands.

Vander Zalm was elected alderman of Surrey in 1965, and served as the city's mayor from 1969 to 1975.

Vander Zalm was originally a supporter of both the Liberal Party of Canada and the BC Liberal Party.

He lost to Mike Harcourt, who was later the provincial NDP leader during most of Vander Zalm's tenure as premier.

Oddly, Vander Zalm decided to release the normally secret list of cabinet appointments to two Vancouver Sun reporters hours before the official announcement was to be made.

Vander Zalm himself was a social conservative, and his government once tried to cut public funding for abortions that were not medically necessary.

Vander Zalm claimed that control over the theme park was his wife's responsibility.

Adding fuel to the fire, Faye Leung, a colourful Chinese-Canadian entrepreneur and the woman who brokered the deal, thought that Vander Zalm was a " bad man " since the day she first met him and secretly recorded conversations she had with him, and was happily willing to speak to the media and provide copies of her audio tapes.

Vander Zalm said he was pleased with the result, but " very disappointed " to learn the province's chief electoral officer would not act on the petition until all court proceedings involving the tax are complete.

The former judge and recipient of the Order of Canada alleged that he was defamed in Vander Zalm's 2008 self-published autobiography For The People.

She had previously served under Vander Zalm when she was a councilor and he was the mayor of Surrey.

When Vander Zalm resigned on April 2, 1991, Johnston was named interim leader of the party.

Johnston's long association with the scandal-plagued Vander Zalm significantly hampered her prospects of winning election in her own right, and she was soundly defeated by the New Democratic Party led by Mike Harcourt.

The site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark.

In December, 2008, a modified ( and shorter ) version of Vander Ark's Lexicon was approved for publication and was released January 16, 2009 as The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction.

* Barbette-A world famous female impersonator ( born Vander Clyde December 19, 1899 in Round Rock, later legally changed to Vander Clyde Broadway, and died August 5, 1973, at age 74, in Round Rock ).

Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie " Bill " Vander Zalm ( born May 29, 1934 ) is a politician and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada.

* Stella Vander ( born 1950 ), French singer

Christian Vander ( born February 21, 1948 ) is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma.

Vander was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne.

Vander Pyl was born in Philadelphia to John H. and Kathleen Hale Vander Pyl.

John Henry Vander Wal ( born April 29, 1966 in Grand Rapids, Michigan ) is a former American Major League Baseball left-handed hitter who played outfield and first base for eight different teams over 14 seasons.