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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-03-25, Page 2Mao* 2S1 +„r • rtrompage • 1 Bruce, Mr. Mcquail. said it was an ex.. cellent and clean one by all three parties He added that both the Tories and Liberals; seemed to shift their thinking at various all candidate's . meetings dePendjugo . which part of the riding they :wen in- "lin n"lin Port Elgin both Mr. Harron and Mr ton ; were pushingthe proposed waste steam project at the Bruce Nuclear Power Development while at an all -candidate's meeting in Warmly, where the population is sceptical, they were all for , .. fu err in- vestigation, a . impact hearingand doubting it it would mix well with the established life in the riding,'" he said; While being interviewed On CRNX former MPP Murray Meant said Mr. IVIcQuail was very bright' and ran a good campaign. "He did well at the all -candidate's meetings and on the theca'ign trail but unfortunately, he has been caught in the . 11� downfallanrr�ss the province," Clait n said. � aLoiking to the future,Mr Megan said it would be interesting' to see what Premier Davis does during the next four yeara with amajoritydate. 4• "He has made, a lot of premises during the campaign and. itwill be interesting to. see if they -are carried out or if the Con- servatives continue with their patchwork appr oach:to Ontario's proble>tns,'' he said Mr.. 1VicQuail, - ended that the Con- servatives have not kept their promises in the past and will ind it harder and harder to keep them in the future because Ontario is "facing some serious structural -economic problems due to foreign in- vestment, an under developed economy, a continualexportation of raw materials and Conservatives make "tremendous" p+e 1 a and a brief cheer went up as he was provis- ionally declared the. winner. However the mood rel gained restrained as people speeu- Iated which polls : were still to eon*, and what they would . do to :the final eco"art. , 'As the hall filled. 'word finally wa passed that Mr, Elston had won, and a cheer went up as the final tally was announced showing hen with a 324 -vote. Margin. C`I'i!aricinl count Saturday reduced this to 224Ntes.) Then the crowd gotdown to . the serious business awaiting • f celebrating the vie:Wily and arrival .of their memher-elect. Later that night Mr. Harron arrived at the hall to congratulate Mr. Elston, though he.. did not concede, pending the results of the official count, and Mr. Elston complimented him on his hard but cleanly fought cam - Naga. While Huron -Bruce will continue to , be represented by a Liberal member, . ,the outcome Was a far cry from the previous election, in June, 1977, , when. Mr, Gaunt trounced Kincardine developer Sam Mac- Gregor 17,356 votes to 7,523, The NDP, represented' by Dave Zyltik,; garnered 1,754 votes in that election. By Henry Hess ane services While the Wingham and District Hospital now expects to end its year financially on an even keel, thanks to an additional $88,000 in funding from the Health Ministry, , the ambulance \department, .which is funded separately, still faces a deficit. : Treasurer, Gordon Baxter, reported to the hospital board last week that the department still is not getting enough money from the ministry to cover its costs. The ministry finally increased its funding to. what had, been promised last year, he said; but anted that inthe interim the • .hospital . had to, borrow nearly 512,000 to cover its costs and the ministry won't pay the interest ' He predicted the hospital will end its financial year in April with a 53,500 deficit on ambulance services. Mr. Baxter explained later that the problem ,in aamubiaance .funding arose in 1979-80 when larger than anticipated salary settlements pushed costs over the budget. The ministry 4unding for the ambulance department that year. was 5125,674. he reported, while actual costs ' . reached 5.130,886. , This year the ministry promised funding of S135,225, a 7.6 per cent increase over last year's funding but only '3.3 per cent above last year's actual costs. While costs have been kept pretty well in line for, 1980.81, they still went up six per cent, Mr, . Baxter said, which means the department again will end up in the hole: The hospital is forced to cover the difference from its own funds. such as the differential ' fee . charged for semiprivate rooms. Mr. Baxter said Norman Hayes, hospital executive director. probably will be fleeting with the ministry in an attempt to persuade it to cover the ambulance costs, the buying of manufactured goods.tv, Personally the NOP candidate said he would consider running again in the next election but the decision would depend on. his persoanl situation at the time. "1 believe in what the party stands for in its policies and r would probably run again. Between nowaatnd the next election. the NDP in Huron Bruce intend to build u p their ridin g association and make the public amen. aware of issues and the in- dividual policies of n-dividualpoliciesof each party," He said.' ton squeaks in ..: *from page 1 Monday to decide whether to• ask for a recount when the final results showed the cos t to be closer with Elston leading by only 224 votes; - Harron remarked that he and his 'support- ers had given the Liberals a good run • because they had reduced the Liberals: margin from 14;000 votes carried by Murray Gaunt' the last aeleetionto only a slim' 224 votes, One campaign worker commented it would have been easier to lose by 2,00.0 votes than . lose by only 200. . 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