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BY ALICE GIBB.•
Murray Cardiff, the PC Cartdidiiete in Huron -
Bruce, who Will be representing the riding in
Ottawa after Monday's election, continued the
cautious approach on election night that has
• Marked his campaign from the start"
Mr. Cardiff refused to say he'd won the
election in the riding despite pressure trent the
press and his supporters, until 10:15 p.rn..,
saying it was easierto be cautious than to have -
to retract something later,
Mr. Cardiff ,won the riding with 16,523 motes,
compared to Liberal Graeme Craig's 14,364
votes and NDP Tony McQuail's 3,864. votes.
Although the Conservatives won the riding,
both the Liberal and NDP candidates increased
their share of the vote considerably over the
May, 1919 election. •
This election was Murray Cardiff's first entry
into the political arena. The 45 -year-old
Brussels area cash crop farmer is chairman of
the Ontario White Bean Producers' Marketing
Beardatm-dia-WallakraaWriareareettbc country for
a barbecue business he has operated with his
campaign manager, Ken Campbell of RR 1,
Seaforth.
Mr. Cardiff entered the race after incumbent
Bob -McKinley, who had represented the riding
for 14 years, decided not to seek re-election, a
move that surprised many Tory supporters.
The Cardiff name is a familiar one in Huron -
Brace since a coaeln Of Murray Cardiff'S
'
grandfather Elston Cardiff, held the Hurens
North, lateathe'Reiron riding, for 25 years until
1965.
Mr. MeKinlea, Wha watched the returns ptiur
in with the Cardiff isapporters at the Brussels
arena, said he deesn't miss politics a bit and
indicated he hadelt Made any definite career
plans yet after' his decision not to seek .ae-
election.- ' •
Election night Certainly wasn't without its
anxious monientS for the Cardiff 'sapporters
who aathered in Brasses. When the Vast three
polls were phone n, they showed Graeme
Craig in the lega. Then in the fourth poll from
Hay Township, the first win for Mr, Cardiff
appeared. The mood in the arena was tense and
quiet, and at 8:30 p.m., the first results were
posted showing Cardiff had moved ahead, 1,769
votes to Craig's 1718 votes.
As campaign worker Wayne E11is of Seaforth'
said later in the evening, "I was gulping when
they (the results) first started coming in."
When the -Candidate -arrived shortly -after the
results showed he'd taken a slight lead, he
asked, "is the horse race on?" At 8:45 p:m., the
posted results showed Mr. Cardiff leading his
Liberal opponent by only 12 votes.
One worker remarked the lead was "too close
for comfort" and someone else admitted, "it's
kinda nerve-wracking.'
In campaign manager Ken Campbell's home
poll for example Murray Cardiff won by only
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one vote.
Someone else in the audience called out, "it's
a Liberal majority", referring to national
results, but another supporter advised, '.'oh
Well, we won't worry about them Betty, we'll
worry about this enehere. ' '
At 9:40 p.m., Mr.Cardiff was leading the race
with 12,513 votes to Graeme Craig's 11,033 votes
and Tony Mcquadra2929 votes. His campaign
manager said he. felt Mr. Caldiff could an-
neunce his victory Wiriest anytime now, but the
candidate decided he wanted a more sub-
stantial lead. AS Bob McKinley said, "he's a
cautious man," •
When Murray Cardiff did admit it looked like
he'd taken the riding, reporters asked why he
thought his campaign had been successful. Mr.
Cardiff said he thought he'd run a good cam-
paign and that he had well -organized people
helping him. He added he'd tried to be positive
about the campaign and said later, "I always
try to be pesitive about anything I do."
He said his wife Betty had predicted that
morning that there would be a 2,009 vote spread
between the Liberals and Conservatives in the
riding, but' also predicted the race could go
either way.
Mr. Cardiff said he thought some of his past
experience helped him with the riding, as well
as exposure in some of the organizations he's
been involved with included the Bean
Producers' Marketing Board, the Huron
County Cattlernens' Association and the PC
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Huron -Bruce' Progressive Conservative
candidate, Murray Cardiff, • successfully
retained the riding seat vacated by Bob
McKinley, with a sliin victory over Liberal
candidate, Graeme Craig. Cardiff polled
16,523 votes compared to 14,364 for Craig and
3,864 for NDP candidatte Tony McQuall.
A strange twist of events has led to a unique t.aga
opportunity for the Goderich firm of Hill and
Borgal Architects and Planners.
— — - — "---HillaffalaBer gal Mad been -thus earbythe-E ss ex- - - -
Business ImproVement Area Association over _
six other firms on February 11 to draw up a
plan for downtown beautification inEssex.
Then, on February 14 a natural gas explosion
triggered by a minor car accidenaresulted in
the devastation of the downtown core of this
southern Ontario farming town.
On Monday, February 18 Essex received "—'—'—'""''''
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woad - that provincial funds would- be --
available for the replanning of the devastated
area and alill and Borgal have been retained to
draw up the master plan for -the reconstruction. .
This plan must be drawn up within two weeks • ' e , e e
and will in turn lead to a final plan°, con- - • 1)
gain majority government ,
to Craig's 14,000. The Conservatives lost a
healthy percentage of the popular vote here and
even NDP candidate, Tony McQuail, increased
his party's vote to over 3 SAO ,
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structural drawings and the commencement of
rebuilding. A beautification plan will be done in
early spring:
The Hill and Borgal firm is busy now setting
up an office in Essex to co-ordinate its plans
with all those 'people whose buildings were
Witted edrial the explersion and enapinglire:e
1KeLachad_gendneeaperataane saYea_Pla_nner
. NiCk'Hill .who feels that a unique opportunity
has been presented to his firm to design a
downtown business section from seratch.
• Glider crashes,
man injured
The Goderich Fire Department was called
out on Sunday afternoon to remove a hang
glider from a tree in Bingham Park after the
man who was maneuvering it made a crash
landing.
Daniel St. Louis, a 23 -year-old student from
Waterloo, was taken to Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital' with chest injuries. He was
released on Monday.
St. Louis had been about 25 to 30 feet in the air
when he crashed into the tree.
Election results
National
Lib.
PC.
NDPi -6— • • ea—e e •—•—• ...I- _ _0 _0_3_2— —
146
103
Pierre Trudeau is back.
On Monday Trudeau guided the Liberals to a
majority government climaxing a cinderalla
riaelepoWer lay the -Liberal leader.
„thre_eroo_athLeaxikr Trudeau had,
announced his retirement from politics and the
• Liberal Leadership. Yet, he was coaxed back
for another election victory.
The Liberals recorded' stunning gains in
Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario that
guarnteed a majority government before the
Western votes had been tabulated. In their
victory the Liberals polled over 48 per cent of
the popular vote while the Conservatives
dropped to 29 per cent and the NDP 18.2 per
cent.
• The Liberal gains were mainly at the expense
of the Conservatives, stealing 27 ridings from
the Tories while they picked up an additional 10
seats at the expense of the NDP and Social
Credit. While- the NDP were looking, for large
gains they lost some key ridings and captured
six previously Conservative ridings.
The victory was a major coup for Trudeau
who will become Prime Minister of Canada for
a fourth term. But how long he chooses to lead
the party still remains a question.
It didn't matter to voters as they rejected Joe
- Clark's budget proposals and put support
behind a man who said he would not stay more
than 18 months to two years if re-elected.
It was called the 18 cent election and the
results definitively • indicate that • Eastern,
Quebec and Ontario voters were not prepared
to support the gasoline excise tax. Clark's
image and leadership abilities • were also
scrutinized in the campaign and many voters
were not willing to give him a second chance.
_Clark niade_peasonal....appeals to the elec-
torate to give his party a fair chance to
goverraimplement their policies and make real
• Huron -Bruce changes.
Town of Goderich
Stephen
a' Exeter
Hensall
Hay
Zurich
Stanley
Bayfield
Goderich Twp.
Clinton
Colborne
Ashfield
Huron
Ripley
Lucknow
Kinloss
Culross
Teeswater
Carrick
Mildmay
Howick ,
Turnberry 367
Wingham 747
Brussels • 359
Grey 437
Morris 455
Blyth • 331
E. Wawanosh 269
W. Wawanosh 250
Hullett • 453
McKillop 260
Cardiff Craig McQuail
1389 554
747 326
1580
789
1003
236
385
151'
467
• 209,
554
839
417
369
604
While Clark watched his 200 day old gover-
nment crumble around him, NDP leader Ed
Broadbent was, dissappointed that his party
failed capitalize on the disenchanted vote.
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While he -gained 18 per cent of the popular vote
in Ontario hisanain strength was in the West.
The party improvekaaaatanding to 32 seats in
the HouSe '
McKinley previously won the risings with
relative ease and in May 1979 outpolled Graeme
Craig by 11,000 votes. This time around Cardiff
was in a dog fight asha polled 16 00Q compared
-Theelaberaletrend-was-elearly evielent-with- - ---- -
the returns from Atlantic Canada. They picked
up six new_ seats and former Novia Scotia Early aVorable resu s
Premier, Gerald Reagan rolled to an easy
dissipated for Graeme Craig
victory in Halifax.
In Prince Edward Island,„Secretary of State
and - Communications Minister, David
MacDonald, was ' defeated as farmers and
fishermen there could not carry the gasoline
excise tax burden.
Quebec was again a Liberal stronghold but
the near Liberal sweep of the province was
startling. They won 73 of 74 seats with one
riding to be contested at a later date due to the
death of a Social Credit candidate,
The Sodial Ceedit Party was obliterated in the
sweep as 1eadr Fabien Roy and foal- of his
party members from the last House went down
to defeat. It may spell an abrupt end to the
party that' once held 26 seats in, the House of
Commons.
In Ontario the Liberals almost reversed the
trend of the May 22 election when they woe only'
32 seats:On Monday Ontarians elected 55
Liberal members with startling results in
Northern Ontario and Metro Toronto.
But the election may still pose problems for
the majority government. the Liberals made no
gains in the West and there may as well be a
dividing line at the Manitoba border.
The NDP made a better •showing in the
Western provinces but only at the expense of
the Conservatives.
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The national trends were also relected in the
^Huron -Bruce riding race. Murray Cardiff, a 45
'year old Ethel area farmer retained the seat for
the Conservatives following the retirement of
Bob McKinley.
McQuail pleased with
187 44
485 85
261 • 35
260 54
82 56
388 129 NDP
results in riding
561 154
306 152
317 115
442 164
177 159 33 By Jim Fitzgerald
265 249 56 Tony McQuail, the New Democratic Party
335 203 61 candidate for Huron -Bruce, said he was
277 463 82 pleased with the showing the party had made in
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249' ,244 37 traditionally barren ground of Huron -Bruce,
-700 101-- -and_said_Monciay n i ght watching -•el -eat -lore
133 328 63 results pour in that if the circumstances were
707 524 207 the same next time, he would run again.
25a 73 The 27-yearrold McQuail, who farms near
634 131 Lucknow, imaroved the NDP's Federal vote
148 34 considerably in the riding this time. In May,
403 80 they polled 7.65 percent of the vote, and nearly
-285 84 doubled that to 11,11 percent, by picking up
..153• 29 3,864 votes this time.
191 63 Progressive Conservative candidate Murray
243 91 Cardiff won the riding with 16,523 votes,
374 61 , defeating Liberal Graeme Craig, who polled
368 56 14,364 votes.
418 5Q2 96 Mr. McQuail said he was pleased with- his
573_ 564 172 showing in an area that has never been very
405 292 73 favorable to his party. "I think we're going
1,108 902 130' somewhere," he said Monday night at a small
76 80 5 party 'gathering at organizer Paul Carroll's
16,523 14,364 3,864 home in Seaforth.
Seaforth
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Advance poll
Returning office
Totals
He said that the NDP party offers the only
real alternative to the Liberals and „Con-
servatives and he was pleased that people were
beginning to see that.
Mr. McQuail, who is an alternate energy
-advocate- and -a-cans ervatienistralao-set-a-new-
record for the NDP party in Huron -Bruce when
he won three polls in Huron Park and Vanastra,
a first for the party.
The mood of the several dozen supporters
who gathered at Me Carroll's home on Monday
night was quiet and sombre at first when the
results from the Maritimes; Quebec, and
Ontario came in, showing that in those areas
the party had lost several seats, and wasn't
doing as well in Ontario as they thought they
Would. At one point, the 'gathering sat stunned
as earl' polls showed even' their leader Ed
Broadbent in trouble in Oshawa, but the tide
turned for Broadbent and then fpr the party as
the results from the prairie provinces and
British Columbia started pouring in, showing
the NDP with a very strong base -out west and a
total of 36 seats.
• The first few polls from the Huron -Bruce
riding brought joyous shouts from the girls
handling the telephones at Graeme Craig's
headquarters at the Blyth arena.
The first returns showed Craig with 254 votes
and Conservative Murray Cardiff with 206 and
prompted one Liberal to comment, "Well, at
least we are off to a better start than last,time.''
Optimism continued as returns from
Goderich were tabulated, but, receded with the
counts from Clinton, Exeter and Wingham
flowed in.,
Near the halfway mark when the totals
reached 7,200 for Cardiff and 6,655 for Craig,
the Liberal candidate said, "I think we are
licked."
Craig said he was we'll pleased with his
support in Goderich where he lost by only 200
votes. He continued, "We felt if we could come
out even in Exeter and canton we could afford
to lose by 400 in Goderich, but, we were Wrong."
At 10 pm with one poll unreported Cardiff had
gained 898 votes in Exeter and Craigs total was
553 and McQuail had 152.
• . The Liberal candidate said, "Negative press
the last week, I think really hurt my chances.
Especially the latest . issue of Farm and
Cotintry, the • Federation of Agriculture
publication which came out completely in
favour of Murray."
Craig contieued, "I am happy with the
Liberal . sweep nationally, but, we just can't
seem to break the Tory dominance in'Huron,
•-Bailee and Grey counties."
• A Liberal supporter John Elliott added, "It
was quite an accomplishment in cutting the
Tory majority from 9,294 votes to 2,159.
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