The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-04-12, Page 19THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, :LUCKNOW
Liberal supporters in the provinc-
ial,riding, of •Huron Bruce certain-
ly let Murray Gaunt ,; sitting mem-
the
em-the Ontario legislature , know
how they felt about him as their,
candidate again in theforthcom-
ing.provincial election.
Despite: the fact that, it was a fore;
gone conclusion that Mr', Gaunt
would'again bethe unopposed: Lib-
eral candidate at the nominating
meeting, Wingham Town Mall• was'
filled to overflowing last Friday
night for'the meeting,' When all
'seats were filled, 'many chairs were
carried io the .upstairs, auditorium
and dozensof supporters:had to be
content to stand at the rear of`tre..':
halland in the'aisles,'
George Inglis o of B e lrn or e; Past
• :president of the, Huron -Bruce
Association; filled in as chairman
for president William Elston rof
. R,R,4 Wingham who .was ill in
Wingham Hospital. He introduced
platforrn•guests Mayor DeWitt .
Miller of Wingham.;• Robert Nixon,
leader of the Ontario' Liberal , Party;
Farquhar Oliver,` member for.
Grey -North; Ross Whither;; mem,
ber for Bruce; Bob Campbell; co,;
'ordinator of the Liberal Party, from
Toronto; Andy,, MacLean, Seaforth,
an officer of Huron Liberal Assoc
•
ra ion;AlanMill, Wingham;Joh
n..
Elliott, Blyth; Fred McGee,; Wing-
`'ham, all Officers '• of Huron -Bruce
Liberal' Association .
Mayor Miller extended a•welco
me on behalf of the Town of Wing
ham:
;Don MacKenzie, Warden of
Huron.county was called on for.
a few word's . ' Mr. MacKenzie told.
the crowd that he was
meeting. .
not atten
d
ing the 'as Wardenbut
onlas a guest.
The only nomination.for the Lib
...era candidates position was - for
,Murray Gaunt, proposed' by Cal
Krauter of Brussels and seconded by
Leo Murray` of Kinloss. 'Murray was
escorted to the.:•platforrn .by his
mover and: seconder.
Several prominent Liberals were
:called on for a few words. Farqu :
har Oliver said that the Liberai. •
member for Huron -Bruce had grown.
Pictured at the Liberal nominat-
ing convention for the Huronr•Bruce
riding, held last 1riday at the Wing
hantTown Hall, are left td. right,
Robert Nixon, leader of the ,Ontario
Liberal Party; Murray Gaunt,
,member for Huron -Bruce who was
again nominated as candidate, Far-
quhar Oliver. and Ross Whicher.•,
,members of parliament for Gre -.
Bruce and Bruce 'ridings, y
in stature, ' strength, mind and det-
ermination since first elected,
"I know how well he serves the
riding"., Mr Oliver said, "and :
his name will ride high inpolitical
life in the future"
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'uce Riding
capita except .Newfoundland; He
said. "We have a government of
emergency measures; so far as
agriculture is concerned" ,
'Mr. Gauntsaid he had been •acti
-vely working in support of.,a .comm,
Ross,W.hicher referred to the over-; unity college,in I-luron-Bruce,
flow crowd as 'a great and good Murray introduced -the guest .
speaker , Robert Nixon, leader of •
'
the Ontario Liberal Party,, .He said
that Mr.. Nixon's father had been
the last liberal premier in.Ontario.
and suggested.: that it would' becomm
a father -son cornbination and that
Bob Nixon would be the next. Liber:
•
eral premier:
The present leader of the :Liberal
party is a teacher and farmer , and.
,'member of parliament for Brant
riding.. He was elected party head
in January of this year,
Mr Nixon•said that Liberals' all'
across the province were .turning
out 'in large numbers; such as..;
turned out at Wingham , and he
;suggested to the gro up , "Tell •
.your friends to not go West ., 'but
.
send Murray east , 'back to;Toronto
as a.member of the new' .govern
meat"
He said that as• Liberals it is not
the party policy to undertake a:
campaign . of bcriticisrn: but that it
was•their: responsibility to 'show
what hasnot .been done properly
and tell what Liberals :would do.
He :referred..to the recent series
of -financial losses to the "small
nvestora" of Ontario while a gov-
ernment sat by apparently unaware
Of what was going on. "The :Ont-
ario. Securities Commission:; under
a Liberal' government, would not..
be made up of all members from •
,thee financ:ial:•community. -We
nc
co��f'd
would restore n i e ein the
'investois of Ontario'., he said
He said`that municipalities are •
presently governed by the govern
ment, at Queens Park and that.
small, communities are being, ;
stunted because of the: tax. load
"There is plenty of, scope for a
new: government to save taxpayers'
oney: Serious pressures, panic
ul rly.by education costs, 'have'
developed an unfair tax structure".
said Mr•;' Nixon:
The speaker pror iised a jeforrn
of the taxation structure over., the
next five years with:'up•to 86% on
the average costs ofeducation
assumed by a Liberal' government
•
"You have recently seen your
sales tax . from 3 to 5%, ;your
go
`Ontario Hospital prerniums jump
by one= third who knows.what• the:,
�
future following an election year.
will 'bring"•, ;commented the speak -
omen for Liberals: in the area,
Xou should be proud of a than
with: the; capabilities of Murray' ,`
Mr. Whicher commented
you should -'be proud 'of yourself for•'
choosing: him The' speaker said
that despite, the :$160$160,000,000 debt
in Ontario this year,you still can't
get a doctor when you want one , ,
you still can't get a dentist and
you still 'can't get a teacher'•in
many cases. He said that if a.Con-'
servative government is re-elected
to office. Ontario will deserve the
.8 'or 9% Sales • tax which will likely
be coming and the .one-third of
every' dollar which is going to
taxes: Mr. • Whicher'said; "Rural.
Ontario 'is, slowly starving to death
The Conservative slogan used to pt.
foreward Ontario, .but it now has:
changed to'Foreward ;Toronto ,and
Forewar'd- Large Centres" , f :
Bob.. Campbell spoke +a few::words ..
in•.su ort of Murray ,.Gaunt.
• PP Y
Murray Gaunt, in his acceptance
Y.
speech, paid tribute to theworkers
in the ridingand to president. Bill
Elston who -he wished improved
health
• Mr.'daunt `da outlined of •
. sev r e 1
the projects which he felt keenl
about, and which.he'had been
sending considerable time on
spending
while :a member .of•arl�iament. He
P .
expressed the'bel'ief that Ontario '.
Hospital Services Commission ben-
efits should be, extended to nursing' •
homers and that the Commission'.
should', also include the services of
chiro ractors :osteo ahs and.'o p t-
•;t
h 1?
P• P
onietrists in their' benefits.: While
a member' of the shouse , he has'
been Working'towards this goal
He outlined his work in agricult
ure which he described.as the
most•important,,• the Most:efficient
and yet the most: troublesome ilk'
dustry in Canada , .H.e said the
government, in Toroito has ignored'•
agriculture in recent years and
Mentioned ' a resent flurry in capit-
'al grants to farmers which :could
possibly be because it is an elect-
ion year. He..said that.' the'Ontario
•
government has spent less•per` cap,.
ita •on ARRA ,. than any other prov-
ince in••Canada, and • yet described
Ontario as the• wealthiest province.
•He said the agricultural budget in ,
Ontario was the smallest last year
of any'province in Canada per
Tuesday; April 1$f
8:30 P.M.
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Referring to recent government
"election year" capital grants to
farmers,, Mr. Nixon said that
Murray Gaunt was first to sugg-
est such a scheme in parliament.
Adan 'Mill' expressed thanks to the
speaker: : A • collection was `taken . .
fromthose attending with a total
"of $418:.63 announced
Intr'oduced :in the'audiencewere.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Serimga .• eour•
Y
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of Blyth Mrs: Bob. Nixon, ,Mrs,
Murray: Gaunt, Mrs ..Farquhar 'Oliv-
er and Mrs. Ross •Whither .' f
Officers' of'the Huron -Bruce Liber
Liber-
al Association ares President Wm::
• Elston, R.11.4 'Win ham; Past Pres-
ident, George Inglis, R. R1 Cliff-
ord Area Vice Presidents,Ernie
Greer • Glarnmis• Herb Kuntz, For
Hugh Lane; 'R.t 1, Holyrood; Alex
Corrigan;' R.R,1. Bluevale;•Treasur-
er , John Elliott, Blyth, Secretary,: '
Fred McGee, `Wingham; Solicitor
to the Executive, Allan Mill,
Wingham; Honorary Members,:
W B. Anderson, Lucknow; ` Wm .
Porteous, Lucknow .Jim Powers,`
Chepstow;' Cliff Dunbar , Ethel.
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