HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-11-23, Page 1Election results
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Is this us?
'Slammers' slams
small town life
Margin reduced but Cardiff cruises to win
VOL. 4 NO. 47 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1988.45 CENTS
Amy Elston [right] smiles after she and Kell) Young presented a bouquet of
flowers to Betty Cardiff at the victory celebration for Murray Cardiff in
Brussels Monday night. Hundreds packed into the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre to hear Mr. Cardiff say that there are bridges to be
built with those who don’t support the Free Trade Agreement, even many of
those who supported him despite their concerns.
Cattlemen clash with Riddell over losses
BY TOBY RAINEY
An early mood oi co-operation
between more than 70 creditors in
the Brussels Stockyards bankruptcy
case and Ontario Minister of Agri
culture Jack Riddell last Saturday
was marred by angry words as the
meeting several times erupted into
shouting matches between the
minister and several individuals in
the audience, most notably Bruce
McCall, former owner and interim
operator of the livestock facilii /.
Mt. McCall repeated accused Mr.
Riddell and his ministry of mishand
ling the case in presenting it to the
Ontario Livestock Financial Protec
tion Board (LPB), while Mr. Riddell
struck back in defense of his
colleagues and staff, warning Mr.
McCall that he’d better have his
facts straight before he started
criticizing anybody.
“I know full well that if you can’t
blame anybody else, you can always
blame the politician,” Mr. Riddell
said. ‘ ‘I’ve had that crap tor 1 b years
and I’ve stood up to it and will
continue to stand up to it ... but by
God, don’t you start talking about
civil servants that are only trying to
do their job unless you know what
you are talking about!”
It didn’t help the situation when
some of the allegations seemed to
refer to old grudges that had little
bearing on the matter at hand, which
was to ask the minister how
producers burned in the bankruptcy
could best protect themselves, and
meeting chairman George Adams of
RR 1, Wroxeter, past president of
the Huron Cattlemen’s Association,
had his hands full trying to keep the
meeting on track. Several times
Glenn Coultes of RR 5, Brussels, a
member of the LPB, had to step in to
remind the meeting that their best
bet was to rely on the board, which is
supported by beef producers in
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By Huron County standards it was
a squeaker but Murray Cardiff still
carried off an easy victory Monday in
the Huron-Bruce riding to join the
Conservative majority government
electea across che country.
Mr. Cardiff celebrated Monday
night in his campaign headquarters
atthe Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre as the numbers
on a huge tally board across the side
of the room registered a majority of
3,413 of nearest rival Ken Dunlop of
the Liberals. The Majority in the
1984 election was 15,167. Mr.
Cardiff received 20,042 to Mr.
Dunlop’s 16,629. Tony McQuail, the
West Wawanosh farmer who ran a
strong campaign for the NDP
collected 7,743. The newcomer to
the campaign, the Christian Heri
tage Party under Tom Clark of
Wingham garnered 2,633.
‘‘It’s been a tough campaign,”
and emotional Mr. Cardiff told
several hundred supporters gather
ed for the victory celebration.
‘‘You’ve been wonderful.”
The new majority Conservative
government presents some oppor
tunities, he said. He said he hated to
see the loss of some colleagues,
particularly from the Atlantic re
gion. And he dealt with the issue of
free trade which perhaps made the
race closer than might have been
expected. ‘‘We know from the way
the vote has come in we have work to
do,” he said. He said he felt there
were people who had supported him
that still had concerns about the Free
Trade Agreement and said ‘ ‘we have
to show them we’re moving ahead in
the best interests of Canada.”
He commented on the new,
enlarged riding of Huron-Bruce that
now has 92,000 people and stretches
from Port Elgin to south of Exeter.
Hesaidhe’sfoundouthecan still get
to Port Elgin or Grand Bend in 55
Continued on page 26
Recounts
scheduled in
2 local votes
Two local politicians are demand
ing election re-counts, the result of
close calls at the polls in November
14’s municipal elections.
In the Grey Township race for the
deputy-reeve’s seat, Fred Uhler has
called for a re-count after the polls
showed he was edged out by Graeme
MacDonald in a count of 319 to 324;
and in the contest to represent the
townships of East and West Wawa
nosh and Ashfield on the Huron
County Board of Education, Vicki
Culbert has asked for a recount after
losing to Tony McQuail by a count of
332 to 334.
The Grey Twp. recount will begin
at 9 a.m. on December 2 at the Grey
municipal office, conducted by
Township 'derk-treasurer Brad
Knight and Brus^U* clerk-treasurer
Hugh Hanly. The HCBE recount will
begin at 9:30 a.m. on November 28,
at the Ashfield municipal office,
conducted by Huron Twp. clerk
treasurer Marlene Calling, assisted
by Ashfield clerk-treasurer Linda
Andrews.
Underthe Municipal Elections
Act, recounts must be requested in
writing and must take place no
earlier than 10 days or later than 20
days after an election.
Both candidates may be present
during a recount, and each one may
appoint both a scrutineer and legal
counsel to oversee the process.