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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-06-09, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Jun. it, 1 m News Johns takes 20,772votes Liberal Ross Lamont follows close behind with 18,993 From Pogo 1 election boundaries were redrawn for this election. "The people have spoken, and•thank you very much for speaking," she said, addressing a crowd of supporters. • • Johns, who in early reports was trailing Liberal candidate Ross Lamont of Port Elgin; finished with 20,772 votes; or 45.8 per • cent 'of votes cast. Lamont was four per cent behind with 18.993 votes. New Democratic candidate Tony McQuail finished in third with 4.142 (9.1 per cont) voles. Family Coalition candidate Linda Freiburger received " 1.494 - votes representing 3.3 percent of the total cast. "We- knew we had to campaign hard, especially •near the end,"Johns said. "In the. closing days before the election, we saw that he --(Lamont) looked to he .gaining some ground." Her primary goal as the, N1PP'for thc region is to set up a constituency office that is in the best possible place for both counties. "We need to find a spot that. works as well as possible for everyone," she -Said. "I'm going to work hard over the neAt4six -rnonths'to-inform people- what's going on with their government." Johns viewed the overwhelming PC victory as a mandate from' the public to keep the province 'pointed towards a successful future. '1 think this victory is telling us to ensure a good education -for our children. a good health care system, and make our communities better all-around." She said she's been talking to people' in the riding about what needs to he done in specific' -for them. highlighting the situation with the Bruce Nuclear • Power Desclopment and regional economic development as two areas she hopes to focus on. -: Although Lamont. the Liberal contender. appeared to be strong in thenorth of the riding, that trend changed around the -Lucknow-area. "Obviously the results are not what we hopedfor." ,aid Lamont. but looking. ,,J rocs Ontario I guess that trend was there all over. We didall the things we needed to-do and we worked hard. "It's a democratic process and it's- a great •process'. "We .may not always like the results but ou can't argue with the process," said Lamont to party . supporters on Thursday night. NDP candidate Tony McQuail admitted he was disappointed. -with the results but said the New Democrats will continue their efforts to give people a brighter .v,ision of the future. "Ontario is going to need lot of vision and hope e"r ilie"next little while," ,.ud McQuail. • He said thc people who voted the Conservatives hack into office .will regret their decision because the Tory agenda is "polarizing" society and wiping out the middle class. . • Linda Freiburger said the "99 election helped make people more aware of the BCP.• - •" This.election proved. we are an established party, not a flash in the pan," said Freiburger. "We earned the votes. We have people at all corners and in between the new riding." she said. "We have a•good network to build on." Freihurger said there are issues that need to be addressed -and "we're going to be here." (with files from Signal Star reporters Matt Harris and Blake Patterson) Pot Livingston photo Ross Lamont and wife Nancy after stopping at lucknow. r ?)augat!C' "tie firatck to /seek . at" mi ST AWBERR,IES 1 HOURS: (weather & produce.permttting) Mon. to Fn. • 8 to 8 Sat. 8 to 4 - Sun- 9 to 3 N. A u� r.h __ Zvy.�c. E•o1w Pick Your Own - Ready Picked *Custom Orders •Placed at least one day ahead • Same day orders accepted after 12 noon • subject to avallabd ty of ready picked • NOT AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY H»� M.E. 2 mil,. north of Ex.0"r 15191235-149) dolt C.. tater In The Season For: L. lass m .— asp MIN WM O IMO sol IMO to NMI Black Currants • Pickling Beets • Green & Yellow Beans — • Tte other day. a client dropped in for coffee and mentioned that sales'weren't high enough.. "Well," •I asked, "what -kind of adver- tising have 'you been doing?" He responded, "None, advertising doesn't work." Whoaaaaa! There are ,some fundamen- tal truths about business. This one is • called Anderson's Law: "Communication Creates Demand". You are not in . the hair dressing business. or the accounting business or the manufacturing-'-IiUsiness or the car business. We are all in the same business: We are in the communication busi- ness. Without commtinica- tion there is no demand... Without demand there are no sales. • " No understanding is more important to a business per- son. Whether you are run- ning a store downtown or a garage sale on the weekend the bottom-line is commu- nication. If the customers don't know you are there, they are not coming to'you! The three most important things in business are said to be location,: location, location. What is the right location? The right location is one that has a heavy flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic going past the door. The larger the flow the bet- ter we consider the location. Your physical presence is a communication system. You Straight Talk From THE " BUSINESS DOCTOPk Advertising Doesn't Work? have a sign. You have win- dows showing product. That puts you in the face of every passerby. When more peo- ple see your message your potential volume of sales increases. The customer must be aware that you exist. To put it another way, "Communication Creates Demand"; Consider the following list: your . parking lot, your office, your advertising, your signage.. your people, your lighting, your pricing, and your inventory. These are all communication sys- tems. Everything in your business sends a message to potential customers. Everything in and about your business either adds to or detracts from the effec- tiveness of the message you are sending to your cus- tomer. Take a look "around. What messages are you sending? People do not knowthey want something until you show them what it is; what it does, and how they. can have it. Once you have done that, they feel they can't live without it. That is called demand. The more effec- tively you manage the com- munication skills of your business the more effective- ly you manage demand for your products. Advertising doesn't work? You can't survive without it. The Business Doctor is available for annual meet- ings & sales conventions. 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