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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2019-10-24, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019. PAGE 3. Lobb carries Huron-Bruce after clean campaign Continued from page 1 Prime Minister not winning the popular vote. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer swept much of western Canada, completely shutting Trudeau out of Alberta and Saskatchewan and of much of Manitoba. Liberal Allan Thompson earned 33 per cent of the vote with 19,909 votes. Those numbers represent a swing of about 4,000 voters between the two men; Thompson losing from his 23,126 votes in 2015 and Lobb gaining from his 25,803. Tony McQuail of the NDP garnered 7,301 votes, 12.1 per cent of Huron-Bruce voters, followed by Nicholas Wendler of the Green Party with 4.4 per cent, 2,670 votes, and Kevin Klerks of the People’s Party of Canada with 1.8 per cent of the vote, 1,099 votes. Klerks’ party failed to win a single seat, with even leader Maxime Bernier taking a back seat in his home riding. In an interview with The Citizen on election night at the Goderich Sunset Golf Club just north of Goderich, Lobb said he was very happy with the results and said he worked very hard to get to where he was that night. He said he really appreciates the ongoing support he receives from the voters of Huron and Bruce Counties. He said that while there was a tremendous amount of mud-slinging at the leadership level on many fronts, he was proud to have run a positive campaign in his riding. He added that seeing the antics at the national level just shows that it doesn’t work and voters aren’t supportive of it. Locally, he said he was happy that he and other Huron-Bruce candidates were able to keep it clean and would support the signing of a pledge ahead of the next election asking the party leaders to do the same. In an interview with reporters Monday night, Lobb said projections showed the distinct possibility of a minority government, it was just unsure who would lead that government. Locally, however, he focused on connecting with voters at their doors. “We went out door-knocking every day. We probably walked 600 kilometres and knocked on over 13,000 doors,” Lobb said to his dozens of supporters on Monday night. “I tell you, the results that we had from knocking on 13,000 doors is almost identical to the results that we had in the actual election, so when they say people will tell you the truth at the door, they do tell you the truth at the door.” He added that his re-election was a “great win” for Huron-Bruce, thanking his many supporters, voters and members of his team for their hard work and dedication. Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, who won the riding in a landslide last fall, was in attendance and congratulated Lobb on the support and respect he garners not only in the riding, but in Ottawa. She said she was proud to stand with Lobb and that it was a great night to be a Conservative in Huron- Bruce. She added that hopefully Lobb would “send the Liberals to the curb” in the next federal election. As for Lobb’s first order of business, he said he and his team would work hard to take down his election signs and clean up the campaign office before he would return to work representing the people of Huron-Bruce in Ottawa. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain! (William S. Plumer, “The Ten Commandments”) A great design of true religion is to bring men to habitual reverence for God’s divine majesty. The very moment men cease to treat God as holy—that moment their hearts and lives become polluted. “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, who takes His name in vain.” Exodus 20:7 Anything relating to the true God—His being, His nature, His will, His works, His worship, His service, or His doctrine—pertains to God’s name. 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