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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-09-25, Page 3• K9.1",..0t...,...M11.411q... yr- 04404,....eutgrrramormom.ofew.r.,*••••••••••••",•• Arrs.m.oriotteeletieltrteStlIttrenm,,,— ,or,•••••••••••••••-- ...ern Or ,i114••••a 9. Only the Best • Riddell wins Huron- Middlesex, suggests time for new leader . . . For Our Customers At Darling's Food Market—Exeter the riding except RayfOld and Lucari. majority in two polls. Then a Hay Township poll came in, again giving Riddell a wide margin,. Poll number four in Stephen tallied 145 -Riddell to 41 Hayter. As the night went on it .W44' obvious Riddell had a SINeOp. The Liberal incumbent had a majority in every municipality. in Hayter 2,393 to 1,641, Several carloads of supporters escorted the re-elected gpf, to Goderich where Mr, Riddell was leengratulatad,byINDP candidate Paul.Carrol)..After.a.brief visit in Clinton, the motorcade returned to •Hensall where Mr, Hayter had gone to congratulate the winner. in the new Middlesex portion of the riding, thought to be a Con- servative stronghold with a carry -over support from member William Ste art, minister of agrig4ltum nidoeu. outpolled Asked about Mr, Nixortla &tire as leader of the provincial party, Mr, Riddell said he thought Bob Nixon would probably call a leadership convention, "He's been leader through three elections now and it's time he let someone else take the reins," said Mr, Riddell, "Mr. Nixon does deserve a lot of credit though for the number of seats our party picked tip in this election." Mr. Riddell said he felt the next session of the Ontario Legislature would last from 18 to 20 months, "I'd like to see it go as long as possible," he said. Mr. Riddell said he thought housing rent controls, agricultural land conservation and the cutting of development red tape could all be ac- complished by a minority government, One of the major problems will be controlling wages and the cost of living, he said, Eiection night It was a glum scene at the Hayter headquarters on Main Street in Exeter as the early returns came in by phone, Relayed to the Exeter Legion hall by two-way radio, the results were posted on a board where a larger crowd of Conservative supporters had gathered. A TV at the' hall added to the disap- pointment as the poor voter response to the Davis campaign became evident across the province, The arrival of Jim Hayter at about eleven o'clock changed the atmosphere as the candidate was given a rousing welcome. As Mr, Hayter went about the crowd of supporters shaking hands and expressing thanks, riding president Elmer Hayter called for attention and thanked all those who had worked so hard. Calling on the Huron-Middlesex candidate, a standing ovation resulted. "It's an honour to have so many out tonight in view of the bad showing I did for you today at the polls," commented Mr. Hayter. "It was a great ex- perience and I know things now that I would do differently. I feel guilty I wasn't a winner for you tonight." Referring to the party stan- dings flashing on the TV, Mr. Hayter commented that it looked like "another election shortly". Suggesting some reogranization, Mr. Hayter urged "Let's go get 'em and take 'em next time." Meanwhile, at the Liberal headquarters, candidate Jack Riddell arrived early but even then it was obvious he was a winner. From the first call received after the polls closed, there was jubilation in the hall as Stanley township came in with a 64'vote WINNERS AND LOSERS --- While Jack Riddell, Liberal winner in Thursday's provincial election made a vic- tory stop in Goderich he was greeted by NDP candidate' Paul Carroll. From the left are Jack and Leone Riddell and Paul and Mary Carroll, T-A photo Although the voters of Huron- Middlesex predictably returned incumbent MPP Jack Riddell to office on Thursday, the election day surprise was the ease in which Mr. Riddell walked away from Progressive Conservative Jim Hayter of Goderich, When the final count was an- nounced with 11,963 Liberal votes compared to Mr. Hayter's 8,106 and ND? Paul Carroll's 2,008, pit was obvious that the stunning 1973 Liberal win of the Huron by, electon, after more than a decade of Conservative "sure-things" had been an omen of future balloting. At the Liberal headquarters in Hensall, it was obvious as the first returns trickled in that the 43,-year-old Dashwpod area farmer was about to embark on a second term as a member of the Ontario Legislature. Each time the phone rang with polls reporting in, a hush fell over the crowd and then jubilant cheers rang through the former Co-op store as Riddell gained k more votes. Progressive Conservative Jim Hayter had been expected to run a close second to Mr. Riddell and across the riding there had been many wagers available from Hayter backers. Hayter had worked hard on the campaign and seemed to have a good manner with the public. And yet Mr. Riddell increased his majority to almost 4,000 votes, greater than even optimistic Liberals had predicted. What caused Mr. Riddell's popularity? In an interview with The Times-Advocate Wednesday, almost a full week after the polls had closed, Mr. Riddell at- tributed the vote results to various factors. "Actually we felt it would be closer," admitted Mr. Riddell. "I guess it was just a continuation of the support I received in 1973 with the voters fairly satisfied with my efforts on their behalf at Queen's Park." Mr. Riddell suggested that the general loss of pupularity suf- fered by the Progressive Con- servative across the province probably hurt Mr. Hayter in Huron-Middlesex, as it seemed to hurt many good Conservative candidates "On the provincial scene, I have to think that the Davis- Nixon personality conflict had to hurt the Liberals a bit too," commented Mr. Riddell, .referring to the NDP gains: "The people were a little tired of Nixon criticizing the government and I think it would have been better to have stressed policy of the Liberal party," He also suggested a lack of good candidates cost the Liberals some ridings. Jim Darling is shown with the championship steer purchased at the Exeter feeder calf club sale, Saturday. The proud owner of the top entry was Tom Coates'. Darling's have once again maintained their practice of buying the best meat available for their customers and invite you to drop in and place your orders now. We also purchased three other top entries and congratulate the club members for the fine job they did in achieving such excellent results with their steers. We Are'The Check the advertisement on page 2 for some HOME KILLED. FREEZER SPECIALS CUSTOM KILLING and PROCESSING SPECIALISTS * Custom Deluxe Processing * Pickup Service * Aging Coolers For 110 Carcasses * Smoke House Facilities * Rendering * Government Inspected KILLING DAYS BEEF — MONDAYS HOGS — WEDNESDAYS SAUSAGE SALE Homemade Link Homemade Darling's $1.69 L. ECONOMY PACK 1.08. A JUBILANT GROUP -- With, every phone call bringing encouraging results to'Jack Riddell headquarters Thursday night, supporters gave enthusiastic cheers. T-A photo. Maple Leaf Sausage Meat 89t LB ELECTION RESULTS Maple Leaf Breaded Sausage 99( LB Maple Leaf Pure Pork Burns Link Sausage '1.39. Store-Pack Sausage 89<<a. 'OTHER MEAT.SPECIALS Burns By The Piece Burns E1 LB. Maple Leaf SMOKED COTTAGE ROLLS LB. Maple Leaf DINNER HAMS QUARTERED LB. Carroll Hayter Riddell 419 1477 1581 152 722 941 105 694 859' 90 345 613 66 301 307 36 208 280 22 90 296 49 137 127 28 115 186 83 307 297 \ 87 357 529 66 275 669 158 562 942 40 340 406 144 379 860 56 219 507 100 375 499 97 316 567 72 312 494 59 167 281 36 154 255 43 254 389 2008 8106 11885 Municipality Goderich Exeter Clinton Seaforth Parkhill Hensall Zurich Hayfield Ailsa Craig Lucan Goderich Twp. Hay Stephen Stanley Tuckersmith Usborne Adelaide Bidduiph McGillivray E. Williams W. Williams Advance LB 49 4 $1.09 3 1.89 $1.99 $1.09 LB 69 4 THANKS FROM THE NEW MPP — Hundreds of suportersjammed the Pineridge Chalet Thursday night to congratulate Liberal candidate Jack Riddell on his victory in the provincial election. Above, Riddell expresses his thanks to all his supporters. T-A photo Funding for Huron jail supported by Riddell Hoffmans HAM & PORK SAUSAGE Fresh 't PORK HOCKS Economy Pack STEWING BEEF OR GROUND CHUCK LB. LB $ 1 108 $25,000 sum to provide certain needed capital improvements. The two major aspects are: 1, the reconstruction of the third floor District Council Chamber and Courtroom facility which served the County from 1842-1858, 2. funds are urgently required to undertake preservative repairs to the exterior stonework following the advice, and under the direction of the Federal Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs, A LIP application has also been made, Duncan Hines Mealtime Bread 3 LOAVES $ 11 0 Cake Mixes 79' 410 Thursday's provincial election, T-A photo, SMILING IN DEFEAT -- Despite being Conservative candidate Jim Hayter has oh the short end of the count hi big smile for Supporters. Private and community_ support is being sought, Donations may be made in any amount, Membership in the Corporation will be awarded according to suggested figures of $10 per individual and $25 per family. Lifetime rpentbership will be given for donations eX. reeding one hundred' dollars, Cheques may be sent to Ed Oddleifsort, .layfield, payable to the Huron Historic Jail Rind. Donations are tax deductible. Murray Gaunt, MPP Huron- Bruce, and Jack Riddell, MPP Huron-Middlesex, were the first to respond to a major fund- raising and membership cam- paign for the Hurbn Historic Jail, as announced Friday evening at the Federal Historic site. Said Gaunt, "I certainly support your endeavour to raise funds for the Huron 'Historic Jail. This is in- deed a worthWhile project." As well as indicating his sup- port, Mr. Riddell advised he intends to contact the Minister of Culture and Recreation for the F'rovince of Ontario to determine if assistance is available from that Source, "I will make every effort to assist in any way," he stated. The purpose of the campaign is not to provide operating funds far the County Historic Site, Visitors, totally abOut 25,000 since the doors were open to the public in 1974, have 'brought sufficient „revenue to operate the facility, 'What is required however is a •