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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-11-16, Page 1PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW ONTARIO ' "e i i es , ay, `ovem u• r :i: 40C PER COPY Election in History was made in the village of Lucknow following the closing of the poll- ing stations here Monday night. For the • first time in the history of this community, a woman will have a vote on the Village Council. Joan Pollard, one of two women seeking a position on the male dominated council, placed second in the overall voting thereby capturing one of the four council seats up for bid. Joan garnered 426 votes, second only to the leader George Anderson who took 455. George Gibson, a relative new comer to council, placed third with 380. For the name of the person who will hold the fourth and final seat on council for the next three years...ratepayers.will have to wait a few days at least. The fourth place finish ended with incumbents Eldon Mann and Ab Murray deadlocked with 364 vbtes each. Under the Municipal Elections Act, the Returning Officer, in this case village clerk Bertha Whitcroft, has seven days from the time the results are publically an- nounced to stage a recount. Those involved in the tie are allowed to be present for the recount. As of press time, Mrs. Whitcroft said she didn't know when such a recount would Make place. The sixth name on the ballot, that of Diana) Lynn Peck, registered 103 votes in total. Lucknow Reeve Herb Clark was un- challenged for his position and will retain his seat by acclaimation. Village of Ripley In the village of Ripley, where the poll- ing stations witnessed a 55 percent voter turnout, Martin Phelan narrowly edged \ Bri'an Dewar for the single seat on counci pior grabs. Martin captured 163 votes to Brian's 117. Donalda McLean was acclaimed as Reeve while the remaining three council seats will be filled by incumbents George Vander Glas, Allan Tranter and Ron Freer. Township of Kinloss Barry 'Johnston will retain his seat as reeve for the township. In an extremely close "vote, Johnston netted 289 votes to Jim Boyle's 284. Five candidates filled for the four open council seats with newcomer Clifford (Lynn) Fielder leading the pack with 453 votes. The remaining three seats will be filled by incumbents Dave Eadie (401) and George McBride (386), and newcomer Dave MacKinnon (326). John Meyer trailed the pack with 291 votes in total. Huron Township. Voters in the Township of Huron have opened the doors for the sale of liquor in their communities by voting 60 percent in favour of allowing an L.C.B.O. store to .operate. The final figures showed 564 oting in favour with 323 voting against the plebiscite. A total of 695 votes were cast in favour of allowing lounges to sell liquor with 210 oppossed. John Gamble was acclaimed as reeve for the township as was Murray Thompson as deputy. For the three remaining council seats, Hugh Mason topped the list with 642 votes; Brad Rotteau was next with 578 while Elmer Smeltzer will fill the third seast on a vote of 526. Marsye Cale garnered 384 votes while Edward Dobrowolski took 230 votes. Lucknow makes history With careful scrutiny, polling clerk Bev Thompson manned polling station number one during Monday's municipal election. While voter turnout was not overwhehning, Bev said it was steady. With all the votes in, only three of the four council seats can be claimed at this point in time. The fourth spot has ened in a dealock tie between in- cumbents Ab Murray and Eldon Mann. (Rob Bundy photo) West Wawanosh Township Voters in West Wawanosh managed a very poor turnout at the polls Monday to vote for the position of deputy reeve. A Mere 39 per cent of possible voters cast a ballot. When all was said and done, Rhea Hamilton Seeger narrowly edged Kathryn Toch for the spot by a 215 to 198 margin. All other positions were acclaimed with Cecil Cranston maintaining his reeveship. The remaining three seast will be filled by Joe Hickey, David Errington and Roy Taylor Ashfield Township Ratepp,p�yers in Ashfield has an easy time of this Tlection as all seats were filled by acclaimation. Allan Gibson will return as reeve with Bill Andrew acclaimed as deputy. Newcomer Art Simpson and incumbents Paul Black and Lee Cairncross round out the council. School Board Trustees For the Huron County Public School Board, it appears a very close race was won by Tony McQuail. Reports of a mere two votes separating the leaders may change that result following a recount. In the race, McQuail netted 334 votes to Vicki Culbert's 332. A recount will only be ordered if requested by a candidate. The third candidate in the election was Donald Alton with 208. For the single position on the Separate School Board for the Huron -Perth School Zone in the areas of Ashfield, West Wawanosh, Colborne, Hullett and the town of CI Louise Martin was victorious over Donald Philips by a 129 to 82 margin. Federal candidates Almost 15 people filled the Huron Township ha in Ripley for a federal all candidates eting Thursday night when the main topic of discussion . was the Canada- U.S. Free trade pact. Four can- didates answered questions on subjects as varied as a nuclear free Arctic to abortion during the meeting sponsored by the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture. In his opening statement Liberal can- didate Ken Dunlop stated he was afraid of what free trade would do to the country. "What we're hearing now is the majority of Canada dosen't want it. "What we hear is what will happen when it is turned down," he said. Dunlop said the Liberals are for free trade but on a sector by sector basis. Dunlop said some manufacturers are capable of competing but what free trade does is take all industry in a big barrel and the strong will survive and the others, well, maybe they shouldn't be in business anyway. Conservative M.P. Murray Cardiff in his opening statement told the audience the Conservative party while in power has reduced the annual deficit from 4O' billion dollars to 28 billion dollars. He said the economy is strong, unemployment was down and inflation was at an all time low. "If you go back to 1984 you will see the Conservatives have fulfilled its promises," he said. Cardiff said, "There are many issues that have to be dealt with and Free Trade is just one of them." Cardiff asked the audience to vote for him on Nov. 21 and this prompted a Turn to page 3 • Could you imagine Turner as our reeve? THE BEST ELECTION EVER! It was a mid November day One that was cold and dreary When Sam went up to the old town hall He looked very tired and weary. He walked right up to the clerk at the desk With all the strength he could muster "I want to see Reeve Clark" he said. And that gal she got all a fluster. Herb can't see you at all right now Council's having a discussion On whose going to win the election and how They are busy fumin and fussin. You better let me in my gal He said with a glum expression The town's deposit has plum disappeared So there won't be an election. So Sam went in and told the news They were an upset bunch We can't believe this message is true Said Eldon "Let's go to lunch". But Herb said "No, we'll go to the bank And see what they have done There's money for sewers and the taxes are paid' So should be lots of funds. The Bank Manager said, "the computer broke down" Said George "What else is new?" Seems they saw the name Clark and thought it was Joe's Not Herb - but that guy named Joe who. But what about the special account The one labeled "L - Johns and Sewers?" The computer thought L stood for ' Liberal you see So it went to a guy called John Turner. So they fussed and they fumed And pulled out their hair, and even spit woodep nickels They couldn't find a solution you see But Joan Pollard got them out of a pickle. Let's add our names to the Federal list Since the Grits and Torries have our money John won't find out, neither will Ed They're both busy debating Mulroney. Election day finally arrived Snowy, blowy and cold But the old town hall was full of hot air 10 Candidates, a sight to behold. The voters were all counted with com- puters of course The same ones used at the bank They pushed and pulled buttons and looked at the names To see how the how the candidates did rank. How the computers counted would bogie the mind The numbers kept growing and growing And there on T.V. as large as life The names of the winners were showing. And by some strange Computer thing That no one will admit Lucknow votes were the only ones The computer would submit. Now George Anderson is our P.M. He'll do the job just fine Joan Pollard has taken Turner's place With Lyn the next in line. And Turner's the Reeve of Lucknow Trying to get buses and sewers Mulroney's on Council working hard Specializing in Computers. Marion McFarlane, Nov. 2nd, 19$8.