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m, Wednesday, February 20, 1980 .
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• After nine months in a Liberals otklaajoritY Iii
wilderness, Pierre Tru 0 2112 -seat House of--00111-
Swept back to power Monday glom
with a clear majority:4' a 5
in Parliament.
The ta.11y Tuesday Merging
showed the Liberals deleted in
146 seats, versus lel for the
Progressive ConseritatiVes
and 32 for the New
Democratic Party.
- Recattots in -several close
races could change the final
picture slightly .and the
election for one seat Wes post-
poned foUown the death of
one of the "C'endidates.
However their total assures
?Liberal; Prterede.
viCtOty nts the cretof a wave
that Started • in Atlantic
ana4a.1 ?there they Wan, four,
goats ,frcim the Conservtt/es
and two from the .N»Pjog1lve
them, an 18 to 141e
They 'peaked An Quebec,
always It Liberal stronghold,
taking 730 the74 seats anclin
the arocess wiping out the
Social Credit Party. The only
Quebec spat not taken by the
Liberals Wentto Conservative
!tech La Salle.
The tide continued through
Ontario, Where the Liberals
reversed their fortunes ,of last
May, They picked up 22 seats
Or a total 4A3; reducing the
Conservatives to 37 seats:
1.19Wever the wave broke
once it reached Ontario's
wstehiborder: The Liberals
picked Up hut'",AWO seats in
Manitoba and completely
disappeared from the rest of
western •Canada, with the 's
Conservatives and the NDP
sharing the seats from
Manitoba Westward.
In his victory. Speech Mr.
Trudeau expressed
satisfaction and had some
kind WOrO.:fe
prirne jSter Joe'
was gracious in defeat„,,..
mittirig disappointmet.,
„ * Liberals „
also hinted that he
remain to lead WI..
servatives in anothq;
Craig disappointed local!
but satisfied nationally,
Walking into the Huron -
Bruce Liberal headquarters
shortly after 8- pan. Monday
night one noticed few party
supporters, but Graeme Craig
was on hand to greet all
guests.
Obviously nervous, all he
could say was, "it's going to
be tense.” And so it was, as
the vote counts tossed thelead
back and forth between Mr.
Craig and F';ogresElive on
selvattve MunaCardlff.
As poll after poll came in
and supporters tallied up new
04314., ,i, , ..
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4-•
Blanoiciiiteth Vis n s
votes, but that figure more
than doubled by 9
As minutes ticked by the
Liberal candidate stopped
pacing and began to reit* at
one of the tables. Sitting alone
he no doubt was recalling last
year's election, which saw
him defeated by • Bob
McKinley by over. 0,000,VOtes.
41it16n'aruce
apparentwas a big
disimpointinent to the can-
didate and his supporters who
all insisted, "he is the better
man," 1PierreTrudeau's gains'
in the Maritimes, Quebec and
Onte,i;o4t2,0,0,,,,hea.d ciuscHkets
followers began pouring into
the headquarters and
crowding around the
...,,teluviskin sets to see what
uraWd happen in *he 'western'
prMinces, even Mr. Craig's
anxieties were replaced by
satisfaction: that the Liberals
were doing so well.
Although the final tally
showed :46523 hr PC, 14,362
for the Liberals and 3,864 for
the New Democratic Party in
this riding, Mr. Craig pointed
out, "This time they didn't run
away with it;" adding, "We,
.may have lod the battle here,.
b Vvve sere won it acr the
good, but by 8:50 p.m. Mr.
The initial 45,minutes looked R b
Cardiff began pulling away.
At first it was a mere 200
DENTAL ASSISTANT
Shelia Shobbrook, RR 5,
Wingham, recently grad-
uated from the Dental As-
sistant Course at Ross
Academy, London. She has
accepted a position with
Dr. Ray Bateman in Wing -
ham.
polling locally reflected
„Mlirray Cardiff's win over
Graeme Craig and Tony
McQuail for the Huron -Bruce
seat in Parliament. He won in
nearly all the polls around the
Wingham area, though in
some cases by only a few
votes.
Mr. Cardiff topped the polls
in Wingham with 747 votes to
634 for Mr. Craig and 131 for
Mr. McQuail. Only in Poll 134
was Mr. Craig ahead, 96 to 77,
although voting was very
close in polls 133 (Con-
servatives 59, Liberals 58), 131
(85 to 80) and 130 (62 to 55).
Turnberry Township also
Voted for Mr. Cardiff, 367 to
257, with 73 for the NDP. Most
of the Conservative edge here
came from Poll 126 (143 to.77) ;
the others were closer with
Poll 124 votng 111 to 90 and 125
voting 113 to 90.
The Conservative lead in
Morris Township was bigger
at 455 to 285 to 84. Poll 146 was
the only one to be close, with
Mr. Cardiff winning by 87
votes to 80.
East Wawanosh voted
Cardiff as well, with the
nt his "first
as prime
d Broadbent
appnintm en t
owing in the
fldOntario,
hat 32seats is
a new high for the New
Democrats, one more than
their previous best. The party
picked tip about 18 per cent of
the popular Vote, down from
the 23 per Cent it had hoped
for. The Liberals Won with
about 48 per cent of the vote,
versus 31 per cent for..
Conservdive. -
MidWeetern Ontario
resided the Liberal swing,
remaining firmly TOY,blue.
But even here the restdts of
the voter switch were iiident
in much closer races than
normal and vastly reduced
pluralities for incumbents.
Murray Cardiff, in his first
time Out, managed to heat
back a challenge from Liberal
Greene Craig to hold HuronBruce fins the Conservatives.
The final tally showed Wk.
Cardiff rad Won by slightly
over 2,000 votes, 16,523 to
14364.
The Conservative vote was
wdll dowcfroln the MAXI
garDered By Bab Melanley
last Spring, but Mr. Craig, in
his second time Out, gained
only about 2,500 over his 11,818
total last May.
NDP Candidate Tony
McQuailincreased h10 part'8.
share of the vote; Blekkill pp
3,864 votes compared to 2,729
for the NDP m the previous
election.
Elsewhere Gary Gurbin
beat a challenge from Hedger
Se.hwasa to hold hissseat for
Brucelorey. Gus Mitges was
reelected in GreysSimcoe, Bill
Jarvis in Perth and Pe,tain
Beatty in WellingtonDufferle-
Simcoe, but none of thent had
anything approaching • a lands;
slide victory this time out.
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VICTORIOUS—Murray car41400***1
pleased Monday night With: hiSlillfAver,
and Tont AficQuail. Mr. Carrlif4althie firat
reSIgn as 'chairman -et, the Ontarlo
Producers' Marketing Beard and hise
s
up a constituency office in the radiate*
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DISAPPOINTED LIBERAL -4
candidate for Hureh:er,,tal
about his fuss tocaliwAta* he no
the battle here, liUt.W40re 1.40 It
closest contest in Poll 150
where the vote was 64 to 60.
Overall vote for the township
was 269 to 191 to 63.
West Wawanosh was very
close, with Mr. Cardiff eking
out a '250 to 243 win. Mr.
1VIcQuall garnered 91 votes in
the township.
Brussels gave 359 votes to
Mr. Cardiff versus 148 for Mr.
Craig and 34 for Mr. McQuail.
In Howick Township Mr,
Cardiff got 706 votes to 524 for
Mr. Craig and 207 'for Mr.
McQuail. The only Liberal win
came in Poll 121, where they
beat the Conservatives by 82
votes to 74. Polling was also
close in Poll 122, with an 89 to
83 bulge for the Conservatives.
Teeswater went to Mr.
Cardiff, but by a very narrow
margin, 249 to 244 to 37. The
Liberals won Poll 107, at-
tracting 87 votes to 62 for the
Conservatives.
Mr. Cardiff also scored wins
in the two local advance polls.
The tally for the Wingham poll
was 184 to 129 to 17 and for the
Lucknow poll it was 161 to 117
to 27.
NEW PASTOR
Rev. Wesley Gutowski
arrived in Wingham Mon-
day afternoon to take over
duties at Wingham's 'Sa-
cred Heart Church. Re-
placing Rev. Tony Sonder-
up, Father Gutowski began
his career in Poland in 1964
and was given an appoint-
ment in Petrolia, Ontario,
In 1972, where he served as
an asistatit pastor. This Is
his first assignment as a
pastor and he explained, "I
came with an open mind
and heart to serve the
people to the best of my
ability."
17,019, Liberal
disappointed
ay have lost
the country."
bTrii
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ee perssy 'were injured
locally in; snonanobiling ac-
cidentsnyer thiweekend, one
seriously, enough to require
transfer to a London hopital.
Kenneth Stewart of Blyth
was injured in a mishap which
occurred Saturday while he
was snoWmobiling on County
Road 25, west of Blyth. He was
taken to Wingham and
District Hospital and then
transferred to sUniversity
Hospital, London:. No details
on the accident were
available.
The same day Robert Ait-
chison of RR 1, Lucimow, was
injured while snoWmobiling at
home. He was treated at the
Wingham hospital and then
discharged.
Steven M Thompson of
Bluevale was injured Friday
while driving his snowmobile.
Fie was travelling along in the
south ditch of Highway Et6,
east of Wingham, when the
vehicle struck a rock covered
with snow He suffered minor
injuries as a result of the
accident
Provincial
police report
there were four motor vehicle
collisions during the past week
which caused an estimated
$7,250 in property damage.
Five charges were laid under
the Highway Traffic Act and
22 warnings issued.
Separate schools waive
tuition fee for re gees
By Alice Gibb
Trustees on the Huron -Perth
County Roman Catholic Sepa-
rate School Board recently
approved a motion to permit
attendance by refugee
children at its schools without
a fee for one year.
The waiver applies to all
refugees who are sponsored
for one year by community
groups, not necessarily groups
of the Catholic faith.
William Eckert, director of
education, said after the
meeting there are now about
19 refugee children attending
schools in the system.
At the Warne time the board
approved a motion to raise to
$150 from $100 the per family
fee for nonCatholic students
attending the separate
schools. Mr. Eckert told board
members the fee hadn't been
changed since 1971, despite
increased costs to the board.
The fees are paid in lieu of
taxes and the raise willtake
effect Sept. 1, 1980.
John McCauley, superin-
tendent of education, reported
that nuns from the Mission
Sisters had been visiting
sell/Sots to teach a mission
awareness program. The
program was encouraged by
Bishop John .Sherlock at the
Catechetic '80 meeting in
Chatham last November.
Mr. McCauley said the
purpose df the program was to
make childreri aware of what
missions are. He told board
members the Mission Sisters
are being considered guests at
a professional development
day a year or more down the
road.
Mr. Eckert reported con-
tractors-, are aiming to have
construction at St. Joseph's
School, Clinton, completed by
the end of the month. He said
concern about the amount of
space available for the
school's official opening
resulted in a change of plans
for the event. The 'Official
opening will he held May 4 at 2
p.m. as planned and the Of-
ficial opening of Education
Week will be held in the
evening at 8 p.m.
Board members were noti-
fied of a learning disabilities
seminar jointly sponsored by
Bell Canada and the Ontario
Association for Learning
Disabilities to be held at
Elhorn College, London, on
April 25. Mr. Eckert said the
board will be sending a
num ber of •-its-'sped a I
education teachers to the
seminar.
In other business three
school principals presented
the new principals' handbook
to board members. The board
was told the handbook is to be
used as a guideline for prin-
ipals in the everyday
operations of their schools,
thaptess in. the handbook
include, 'The -Principal and
the Law', 'Index to Board
Policies' and information on
mattes' of business ' ad-
ministration. Principals are
also given a number of guide-
lines for staff evaluation
procedures Mr. McCauley
told the board staff evaluation
now takes place a Minimum of
twice a year and a written
ev alua ti on -report is fOrwarded
to each teacher. This is
followed by a conference
between the principal and
teacher
Board Member John
O'Drowsky asked ding the
dismission whether there was
any requirement that at least
one member of each school
staff had token first aid
training. Mr5ckert said this
isn't board policy, but there is
at least one staff xneinber in
each school who has taken the
St. Johns Ambulance first aid
course.
Some initial tension atlocal
Conalikvative headquarters
qtnekly melted away as the
polereports continued to flow
in:/- Monday night, showing
Murray Cardiff slowly but
atirely pulling away from his—
Xiberal challenger.
s. A slim 51 -vote bulge at 8:30
hid groin to 200 votes 10
i• 500sto91,s'ssa-
He added he wouldn't be Surf -
prised to see the Lillseralsr
introduce scime of the same
pOlicies.
Asked What he would do
first, Mr. :Cardiff said he
planned to travel to: London
Tuesday mOridng toteiiderlds
resignation as chainnan of the
Ontario bean Marketing
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• tloc att o ear y 2,
10.
Still :Mr. Cardiff was
reluctant to claim victory in •
this, his first time at the polls.
"These people telhne I've got
it," he said, "but I'm not going
to announce anything until I'm
satisfied myself."
Finally, shortly after 10
o'clock, and with the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Coinmunity
Centre filling up with party
supporters come ta celebrate,
he agreed it looked as though
he had won. Even then he
made no :speeeh, but spent
some time, being interviewed
by the press before heading off
for a taping session at CKNX.
Although much of the Con-
servatives' dismay over
national results showing the
Liberals sweeping to a
majority victory was drowned
by satisfaction with the win
locally, Mr. Cardiff took the
national defeat as calmly as
his own victory.
He said he Was puzzled by
the national vote because he,
personally, sincerely believes
the Conservatives had good
and necessary policies, "I
don't know whether people
don't want to face reality.?"
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.heard. Another priorittilfto tegid.4,.*
open a constituency office in •:to run. He eommented
theriding, probably at Mr; Cardi(f had scored. w
Brussels: He said.he.Vrailts t� considei
of,fer. "the samegood service" national,
former Mkt Bob'M Kibley did
to his constituents.
Mr: McKinley:
Brussels Midwa,
eVealag and -WO helms no,
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is approved by Authont
The Maitland' Valley ConservatiOn.
Authority plans to hire a general manager
this ,year to replace Resources Manager Ism
Deslauriers who resigned last month.
Miring the authority's annual meeting at
Wroxete last week, members approved the
proposa to hire a GM who, in addition to the
technicai duties of a resources manager,
would have broader administrative
responsibilities.
The change will cost the authority about
$5,000 a year, mace 20 per cent of a GM's
salary must be picked up locally while the
resources manager's full salary was covered
by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
However members were convinced the switch
will have benefits for the MVCA in the long
run.
Ir.' J. McClure, regional conservation
authorities program supervisor from the
London office of the MNR, told the meeting
that there are a lot off small differences
between the two positions which are hard to
explain. But he said in his own mind a general
manager would be better for the authority.
A resources manager, seconded from the
ministry, is valuable when an authority is just
gettingstarted and needs good staff, he noted.
On the Other hand a general manager, who is
employed directly by theauthoritY; can bring
more continuity' to its programs and escape
any sense pf divided loyalties.
"The Bible says' you can't serve two
masters and that's what the resanrces
manager has been stuck With," Jack Graul ofg,
Ellice Township commented in making the
motion to hire a general manager.
Earlier Mr. Graul had received assurance
from R. J. Burgar, director, of the conser-
vation authorities and water manageinent
branch, that switching to a general manager-. --
would not hurt the authority's chances Of
getting projects approved by the ministry.
Lorne Murray, outgoing chairman of the
MVCA, noted that the authtwity had decided
back in 1976 to look into hiring a general
manager because the ininistry was changing
resources managers every 12 to 15 months.
However nothing was done' with the proposal
at that time.
When Mr. Deslauriers, who had been with
the MVCA for five years, resigned to work for
a private firm it gave the authority another
chance to look at the matter.
Bruce McCall, the Brussels representative,
rose at the end of the meeting to thank Mr.
Deslauriers for the fine job he did while with
the ailthority.
CONSERVATION AUTHORITY—There are some new
'faces and some faces In new positions on the executive of
the Maitiand Valley Conservation Authority for 1980
Dave Gower (centre) moved Into the chairman's seat
with Harold Robinson (left) taking over hi:, position as
vice chairman. On the other side is MVCA Secretary -
Treasurer Marlene, Shiell, while standing • are the
chairmen of the four advisory boards: Russell
Kernighan, Roy Williamson, Bill Dale and Ross Taylor.
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