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Mount Forest reveals
Liberal support in poll
• By Doug McCann
In this kick-off issue of Cross-
roads'
rossroads' "Mandate '74" our re-
searchers have probed the per-
sonal political views and opinions
of more than 18 voters in the
towns and rural districts 'of Lis-
towel, Wingham and Mount For-
est.
Six people were interviewed
from each town and -or its sur-
rounding rural areas. In Listo-
wel, five will be named but more
than 20 were polled.
Those interviewed were chosen
at random from all walks of life:
housewives, students, • farmers,
senior citizens, professionals,
businessmen and laborers..
They range in age from 18 and
up.so as to provide a fair eross-
section of opinions. Those who
have made public their political
annexations, such as campaign
workers, have purposely been
avoided so as to produce the•most
spontaneous, unrehearsed and
unexpected results possible.
The politicalattitudes ex-
pressed by one member of a
• group are not necessarily repre-
sentative of his or her peers. For
example, a farmer expressing
Liberal Party preferences does
pot mean all Or even most farm -
e s in our readershiparea hold`
t' P h
the .saute views;
The poll published here is a
"sounding -out" device to estab-
lish a general consensus of poli-
tical leanings in the area. Mainly,
it gives us a 'chance to see how
some of our fellow residents are
viewing the election, the cam-
paigns, issues, parties and
leaders.
All of the 18 interviewed were
asked five basic questions:
A) What party are you sup-
-porting in the upcoming election
andwhy? Have you always sup-
ported the same party?
B) What do you view. as the
major issue in this election?
Examples - inflation, leadership.
C) What is the most important*
change any government, whether
it be NDP, Liberal or Conserva-
tive, can make for the betterment
of this nation before the year is
out, in your own opinion! •
Q) What leader has made his
party's policies and intentions
most clear during this campaign
period? a "
E) What leader, in your opi-
nion, has conducted the most at-
tractive and appealing campaign
so far?
MOUNT FOREST RESULTS:
Of the six interviewed here, one
supported the New .Democratic
Party, one supported the Pro-
gressive Conservative Party, one
was undecided, and three pre-
ferred the -Liberal Party. The
Liberal supporters included a,
farmer, a construction worker
and a high school student.
Mrrs.Mary Winslade, president.
of the senior citizens' group in
Mount ' Forest, says she will
support the Conservatives this
time around. "I have voted
Liberal," she says, "but I vote for
° the man, not for the party."
She cites leadership as the
main issue of this election,
adding, "I think we've had a
`don't care' attitude thatI don't
like ... in the last while."
Mrs. Winslade criticizes the
government for abusing expense
accounts and taking "too many
vacations'''. She says there is "so
'Mitch' t "� would
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s r.
ifs
`cos oV
his" gond- er Z7oj�i°
settle right down to w
ha� is at
hand. ‘iere
"I Mink is too much time
spent in . . . well , trifling
things," she adds. • .
The Mount Forest , senior
citizens' president is quick to add
that "we (senior citizens) can't
complain about how we've been
used. We have been used mar-
velously. We don't need to com-
plain about that ... we're better
off than ever before."
She does not chalk up the good
treatment of senior citizens to the
Trudeau government, however.
"I think, no matter which gov-
ernment had been in, we would
have had good treatment just the
same, because it had come to the
point where we had to have it."
What party leader has made
• his intentions most clear to Mrs.
Winslade? "I think we need
another John Diefenbaker , .. A
Man who ,speaks ,what he thinks,
no matter if he does :tramp on
somebody's toes. This is what we
need; someone who will speak
out and mean what he says."
Mrs. Winslade names Conser-
vative (MP) candidate, in the
Wellington -Grey, -' Dufferin=
Waterloo riding, Perrin Beatty,
as having conducted the n)ost at-
tractive and appealing campaign
so far'. 4' ;like him: very ;uch,""
she emphasizes; "Be is; an up and,
going young man . ; He is a good'
man and a very appealing young
man." She adds,- "And I haven't.
listened to any of, the rest of
them."
Howard Wollis, a farmerin the
Mount Forest district; has always
voted Liberal, and this election is
no. exception. .
Would he switch if he honestly
thought the Conservative or NDP
could do a better job? "Oh, I sup-
, pose I would. The question is 'Can
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they?'
What can government do for
bim? "Getting. .some \ of these
'farm prices back up is what I am
most interested in:" .
He says the price of beef and
pork P aid
. t
o • the farmer
has
drd ped Considerably during the
past, few ?nmonths'and "this iir the
biggest problem as far as I am
concerned.
i Mr. Wollis admits that he has
noreal preference for any candi-
date as far as one who has made
his party's policies and intentions
most clear: -
Mrs. David Murdoch, a Mount
Foresthousewife, has been a
strong supporter of the New
Democratic Party for some time.
The main issue in this election,
she says, is inflation.
Can the NDP do something
about inflation? "Oh, yes. I de-
finitely think they could. I just
wish they could get the chance."
She says she would like to see
``the taxes re-evaluated in every
aspect. They need readjusting
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WILL VOTE LIBERAL—Art Gibson, (centre) a Mount Forest area construction worker,
says he will vote Liberal in this coming election. Three of 'the six people polled in the
Mount Forest district suppo't the Liberal Party, orte is behind the Conservatives, one sup-
ports NOP and one was undecided. (McCann Photo)
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him full consideration of the tssues'aif stake.
(Vandertee Photo)
Poll shows that Listowel
is strongly Conservative
By -Peter V'anderlee
In the Listowel area, political
feelings are strongly Conserva-
tive. Although the Liberal Party
does have supporters in this part
of the Perth -Wilmot riding, the
prevalent mood here is dissatis-
faction with the Trude u govern-
ment and its inability to slow
down inflation and bring down
the cost of living.
While doing a small survey, in
which we asked people to identify
themselves, we encountered
many, in fact most, who wanted
to keep their political feelings
private. However, after taking
away the standard questions and
closing the notebook, people
spoke more freely about the up-
coming election.
Obviously their biggest con-
cern is the escalating cost of
living and the constant battles to
keep income in line with
day-to-day prices. To most it's a
losing battle and it is from this
standpoint that many have tired
of the Liberals and want a new
government, a Conservative one.
This fell in line with those who
did name themselves in the sur-
vey. Out of the five people we in-
terviewed, only -one person said
he would vote Liberal with three
throwing support su rt behin
dthe
Conservatives and one who had
not yet made up his mind but
confessed a leaning to the Con-
servatives.
The survey started with Bob
Uptigrove, a chartered account-
ant. He said that although he
supports the Liberal Party in
principle, he has decided to vote
Conservative because of the
candidate (Bill Jarvis) in the
riding.
In his opinion, the major issue
of the campaign is strong and
flexible leadership. Before the
end of the year he wants to see a
government that will provide in-
centive to small businesses and
reduce personal income tax in all
income brackets, not just the
poor and lower middle-class.
His reflection on the campaign
so far was that no party has yet
made its policies and objective
clear but he added that at the
time we. asked the questions It
was still early into the campaign.
When asked which campaign
has the most appeal, he thought it
to be the Liberal campaign. He
felt Trudeau's refrain from
coming up with a "cure-all solu-
tion to our economic ills" makes
his campaign "honest".
Our lone Liberal supporter was
a housewife, Mrs. John Bos. She
feels food prices and inflation are
the major issues of the campaign
and that only the.Liberal Party is
capable of Voming to grips with
the problem.
It is this belief in the Liberals'
capability .that makes her feel
their campaign is the most at-
tractive. She also believes that
Trudeau is the only one of the
Party leaders who has outlined
his party's policies and intentions
clearly.
Another person who feels high
food prices and inflation are the
major issues of this campaign is
Barbara Farrish, a grade 12
student at Listowel District Sec-
ondary School. Barbara will have
her first chance to vote in this
election.
Her support is with the Conser-
vatives. She feels the party. is
"the only alternative government
that can stop inflation", a goal
She feels is most important.
She also says that y
k y only Stan-
field has made his intentions and
policies clear out of all the party
leaders and she feels the Conser-
vative campaign is the most at-
tractive because party policy
concurs with her ideas on a gov-
ernment's priorities and her be-
lief "Stanfield really cares."
At the other end of the
voting -age -scale in this election,
we interviewed Mrs. Henry
Anent, a senior citizen. Her
support lies with the Conserva-
tives although she confessed it
was almost a family policy as she
has been a staunch Tory fof most
of . her life.
/ She feels the.major issue in the
election is reducing personal
income tax, and understandably,
setting a fixed income for all
people. She also thinks inflation is
an important issue along with
rising food costs.
She couldn't say which of the
parties has conducted the most
appealing campaign but without
hesitation named Stanfield • as
being the party leader who has
made his policies most clear.
The man who had not yet de-
cided which party he would
support was John Lane, a
farmer. Mr. Lane felt the
campaign had not yet allowed
him full consideration of the
issues at stake in the election.
However, he confessed dissat-
isfaction with the Liberal govern-
ment and indicated a leaning to
the Conservatives so far.
He outlined the major issues in
this election as price controls. He
set strike prevention as a priority
he felt any new government
should adopt and added that put-
ting an end to strikes by the end
of the year would go a long way
toward battling total inflation.
Mr. Lane said he thought
Trudeau had outlined his party
policy most clearly thus far.
"However," he cautioned, "it's
still early in the campaign."
Mr. Lane added that the
Liberals have conducted the most
appealing campaign because
they "deal with the issues more
directly."
And so the survey carried the
mood. Priorities most people out-
lined were the halt in rising costs,
a slow -down of inflation at on andP rice
and wage controls.
Although dissatisfaction was a
strong feeling, the mood was not
devoid of optimism. Most people
felt party leaders are capable
men and many reflected that al-
though we face problems we are
faring better than our southern
neighbors and are blessed with
an honest, if not quick -moving,
system of government that pro-
vides Canadians with alterna-
tives.
Another Strong feeling was the
hope the new government' would
again be a minority one. Many
felt "it keeps them (the govern-
ment) on their toes" and with the
ever-present reality of another
election "decisions will be made
for Canadians that are pleasing
to the electorate."
Although some favored a
majority situation, most reflect-
ed on the faster pace of a mino-
rity government and higher
amount of legislation passed this
camp
By C. E. Jackson
,All three political parties aregoing; to have to do some hard
campaigning, ` in. the Widghon1
area if they want anything more
than a marginal victory ut the
July 8 election. • •
Of the six Winghant and area
residents pofled, only Don Carter,
,Who splits his time working for a
local snowmobile and motorcycle
dealership and. 'acting as. the
towns sanitary engineer, 'is
openly throwing his vote for 'thee
NDP.
Mr. Carter stated, that
' finitely thought the issue ;of ;tnfla=
IA
tion. and rising; prices :Was the
paramount -one of, the ,campaign.
He also'\favors. the NDP policy of
price controls 'Without a freeze on-
Wages. That,, according :to Mr.
Carter, is the major change he
would°like to seethe government
make. Without those controls he
suggested • the country could be
facing ominous. consequences.
David Lewis ranked .number
one as the party leader who has
best presented his party's plat-
form and ,aims, •
Storeowner Archie. Hill has
decided he will vote for a candi-
date in this election rather than a
rLys and his vote will
Qt
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the
ti ervativ,l lnni
i.
Huron: Middlesex, BobMcKinley.
Mr..Hiill ranked inflation as one
of the major `issues in the cam-
paign as well, but added that a
government that is more respon-
sive to the issues concerning the
people of the country should take
a high place among government
priorities.
What was the major change he
would like lo see? Mr. Hill would
like to see the government cut
down' on what he terms "hand-
outs" in the form of unemploy
ment 'and welfare benefits,
except in the case of those in dire
need.
In Mr. Hill's view Robert Stan-
field has presented his party's
aims more forcefully than the
other two leaders. He commented
that the Tory chief has made
quite an issue of wage and price
controls. However, Mr. Hill is not
in agreement with the policy.
Mr. Trudeau was his choice as
the best campaigner of the three
major party leaders and he gave
a reason that cropped up quite
often in the answers to that parti-
cular poll question. Mr. Hill
approves of the idea of Mrs.
Trudeau joining the campaign
team in the election. The PM's
train campaign also appealed to
Mr, Hill.
Karen Edmunds, a University
of Toronto student who now lives
in Wingham, hasn't decided
which party she will favor when
she casts her ballot. Inflation and
the cost of living were also her
choices as the major campaign
issues.
When she was asked what
change she would like the
government to make she an-
swered that she thought the fed.
eral government' should try' ,to
q h. th0 controversial 9uebee
• languages legislation which
would ntakeFrencht e
working language in that prow-
'. .in
w-
in . Miss iEdmunds' stated that
'all of oda should be bilingual,
including,l moo. Province?
AlthOugit no leader
• pressed`ber with the Way, he•
-presented arty platforms,
Pi• erre„ , n ,and :ham wife
agalr,; were' 'Amber
t
tcanipsigniotega
While' Mrs.John Tempi
Wingham has chosen the party
Which -she w:Bl.give her vote in
Jltny, ' she declined tomake that
'choice public Sherdtdeve
label housing costs andiat
as= the <campaign's maaor<item
Concern.
Mrs.Templeman suggeste
that higher pensions for senior
citizens would be a`change for the
better in the country
At
The 'best campaigner during
• this campaign? You ;g sed;' it,
the Liberal leader and lovely wife
. Margaret were.' her choice,
'Faye Moir was our rePreft0P,
tive of the area's legion of:arc
Jog. girls. Miss Moir
• thels
a qShPrted
s
�t
P l l�
ilei
;ging'lnflation as the biggest blac
cloud over the heads of" the aver-.
age Canadian. Better wages, and •
lower prices are two thin�gs 'she-.
would like to see the governm'ont `
insure for the nation.
Miss Moir. backed Mr. Trudeau
as the leader who has conducted
the best campaign and has: best
presented" his party's stance on
the issues.. Why? Because in her
opinion, the PM isn't making
"wild promises" that he has no
hope of honoring. '
Brian Taylor owns a farm near
the town and for this election at
least he , will vote Liberal,
although he is not a staunch sup-
porter of the PM's party.
The major change he would
like to see is for the government
to lessen its interference in the'
farming industry. He feels the
government shouldn't have its
fingers in the agricultural pie as
much as it does at the present
time.
Although he doesn't neces-
sarily agree with NDP policy, he
did feel that David Lewis and his
party have been the most effec-
tive in getting the views and posi-
tion of his party across.
As seemed to be the case with
the majority of the voters polled,
he gave Pierre Elliott Trudeau
the nod as the election's best
campaigner.
So, when Wingham voters go to
polls on July 8, they will have
inflation on their minds and al-
though they may not vote for the
most recent government, Pierre
and Margaret will be fondly re-
membered as "Campaigners of
the Year".
last Parliamentary session as
compared with when the Liberals
governed with a comfortable
majority.
There was also a great feeling
of confidence in the Perth -Wilmot
Conservative candidate and last
term's MP, Bill Jarvis, as the
earlier comment by Bob Upti-
grove indicated. Many feel Mr.
Jarvis is the only proven capable
candidate and to some, what the
individual MP can do for his
riding, is more important to them
than deciding en which party
should rule the country, since
party policies ate all similar
anyway.
Others remain cautious, point-
ing out that the Liberal candi-
date, David Bradshaw, a former
Stratford alderman, is a sharp
,politician and also a capable con-
' tender for the seat. He is a good
organizer and an eloquent speak-
er and they feel election results
•n .
w•
\1 Lf •
might be much closer than some
want to realize.
Support for the NDP was very
weak and many did not know the
name of the candidate, Mrs. Joan
Rankin. It was felt by most inter-
viewed that she is a token candi-
date and deserves no real con-
sideration, pointing out the NDP
had followed this "token candi-
date" policy last election as well
when a young university student
was named.
There was a feeling of resent-
ment by some against this type of
action by the party and one man,
who said he was an NDP support-
er, claimed he would not vote for
the party as a backlash to the
lack of consideration the party
gave to the riding.
However, many said, the NDP
candidate could i1' an impor-
tant role if the election is a close
one as some have speculated.
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