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Liberal •post, election "party" .was less than
appy Tuesday as,early in the election, signs
pointed to a local and national. sweep, of the
progressive Conservatives.
.41 guess the writing' is on the `wail,"
murmured Liberal Hopeful Bruce McDonald,
as the Liberals continued tp Lturn up short at
he polls.
The. 30 -year olds Mildmay .insurance brok
er,was defeated in. an• election: that returned
the riding incumbept `Murray Cardiff to
pttawa and continued a 45,year Conserva-
flvelove aff 'r ins ;Huron -Brute
"The' last few' daYS .1personally got the
feeling that the 'governmtent 'was gping'`to
hange, but I had no idea it would be by this-
magnitude.. There's no stues'tion'now'that the
olton
ent unnecessary.McDonald
,national. trend Was much stronger than'
anyone' in their •• wildest dreams, ever
imagined. 1 don't think the–Conservatives
were even that optimistic," said McDonald,
McDonald said -he. had expected to see a.
closer race between himself and 'Cardiff
since they both grew up. in the area..
• "But it was eividenf the people had
P P
decided it wastime for a change, that they
wanted new, faces, and they went about it.
.quite' massively," •
Regain - Power .,•
•
1.114a speech dtreeted to his su orters
Pp ,.
MDonald urged the continued'support of
'the Liberal party and' said it wouldn't take
long for them to regain their power,
Using the 1958 government .of John Dief
enbaker. as an example, McDonald told the
•
erowd'he Conseryatites wouldn't last more
than one term.
"I don'tthinkthe change in government,
was necessary, especially one of this:
magnitude. It's not good for the country, it's •
hard to govern, a country- with the' kinds.. of,
numbers the Conservatives got today.:You
just have,<'to look at the Diefenbakerr
government to see how that .works. It didn't
taks,...long for that government to deter-
iorate," he said. ,%•'.
. '
McDonald reminded the group that it had
:been Liberal govern, melits who had been
responsible :for the majority of benefits and
reforms : present • in the current system.
"You just have to look around at the
benefits in place .now,' benefits such- as
' Turn to 'page 19*
1b.N:J.Is..strong sh�whg
Huron -Bruce NDP tandidate-- Valerate fine incumbant (Conservative Murray Card
on is especially pteased the. party held iff), when the Liberals crumbled in the area,
e
ir, own in therriding in this•,:election• when means the party'has to go out and work to
e Tory tide was iso great Results show get people ,involved in building' ,the social
olton with 211 .trpre„votes':than .'in c1.h80 . democratic party in this.riding.••
!itch holds the ,b alar vote at about 11.1 McQuail said, he was really pleased with
P
. r cent. the shown$ of the national artysinee`nany
Bolton believes Nbe thevoice Were 'saying the
.NDP .was irrelevant 'and
the ordinary people --i the': drew {ai`lita-, ', dead twomnth
. os. a o:athe t beginning of t e
'ent. "You can .count oat us too{ be'Afthe real $ •„ 8
position. The NDP came into`• theyelection R, ,‘(If the Liberals had been a' national party
4 strong caucus, we stood 'strong on with seats in., the:,west, there would have
10es and wee wtlll,;be prepared to ga ' :been•rilplace:for.the Tory vote; to'go'but as.
o the House ascan efhotterfective opposition !”- as We lost a few out .there ”
I an interview the day: after,. the election, . `Locally Bolton was surprised that even
'ton . said. 01: NDP, leader 'Ed Broadbent {has :though she didn't -have tile. chance to speak
own in. this carol ►sign. he 'is;Str•ong as• much on women's .issues • as She would,
esman for ordau#a'ry=.M1Canadians and ,he •: have liked.during4the campaign, people saw
the seen as,a spokesman for Canadians in the .NDP as• the •real voice .for equality for.
women ,;Perhaps herpresenceas2a.wornan;in
the •campaign: contributed- to this, she said.
-Raising the .issuesof nl clear'disarinainent
and , peace; in, this' riding was:; her. •i lost
:ent upwhen it was announced over, CUC : Signifcant contribution: to the catmpa gn, in
levision• that NDS' Dail •, `Heap -'tad : beefi her own_ opinion The New Democrats are
uccessful in the S'padina riding`of TOronto moreaggressive.about nuclear disatftament
'Oouse of Coronions ; ;
,Bolton awaifeddthe election results at her
ome Tuesday night surrounded by loyal
upporters and campaign workers. A cheer
fearing. Tory candidate Peter ldjt'orthin and thepeaceissue `with strong Clearly-
. en. "Just wait, until they'see what :we do ur det7ined,°objectives, she remariCe4 -, `
e west," .exclaiitied the workker. TM r Rahe of served4bat Cardiff's. win is not Just;;^
Caiiipaign.,,chai'ifman Tony McQuailTisaidh a apart of the Tory sweep. -,Cardiff is capable,
o -hold their share „responsible and presented himself well
y,-Ian"dslide and a du ring, he ea i'ipaign, she said. He should be
able to do a good fob representing the riding,
now that he is a - member of the' government
and .will be .able to work •for the issues,he
spoke of in . the .campaign including soil
erosion and Cariagrex. Bolfoii said. her party
will.. also support him on parity of farmers,
talc reform, job creation`and the' lowering of
,interest rates. ;Bolton said 'she .hopes the
government coming intopower 'will work
together :with the ;peoples of Canada to find
ways of don* tnteating
McQuaii said.it is his suspicion that alory •
victory of this tinngil1ititude will; -isnot be' good
for the countiir;. because it; may lead to
arrogance on the part of the government;
MdQuail' said ,prime; minister, . elect:* .Brian . .
Mulroney is; quite. .prepared not ..to talk to ,
reporters.. ashedid diririgthe campaign2Ie
was running on'the premise that if he dint.
:say , anything,:he”wouldii'-t make a Mistake
.that 'would cost: hi%m :the' election..
Weare getting a'much smoother variety of
arrogance with Mulroney than. we had with
former' , prime riinister Pierre Tri deau,
according, tb.. McQuail With frudeau tt' •
"showed'niore. Mulroney: gave the ,,intpres
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turakinge19a
Or'the NDP in this
,,x
the votes agams•
ar
in
•
m. page 1w
4w -
i a 1'
ake mistakes I�ow we had too much time. •
e -did some thing&t :soon The mistakes,
ought minor,, •didilifi4ve any effect ion the
tcome of theelection." , t
Conservative swing ineans the .nevi+
vernment will'be the largest :yet With,:211
.s. Before -the election.,. Campbell , esti-
ed the PCs would takenxo:more: than 180
ats and Cardiff :guessed 150,:ilecause so
any seats were taken,by;the.Conservatives,
e odds that Cardiff will become a cabinet
'roster have increased.
"Murray has the expertise and has had
e exposure. Brian,,Mulroney'has -quite a.
uron-
In this riding, PC' ncuinnent Murray
ardiff joined the, ory sweepncreasiiig his
lurality from -a margin: of 2,156•votes in'. the
980 election to 15,167-- this' time. Cardiff
ceived 23,969 votes compared to Liberal•-
ndidate . Bruce l‘dlcDopalirtr.-8;802% which
as,dovvn considerably ,froth Liberal candid-
te Graeme Craig's total of 14,364 in 1980.
ew Democrat Valerie Bolton increased
NDP share ofthe vote slightly with 4,075.
allots cast in her favour compared`to NDP
°ny McQuajl's 3,864 -in the =1980 election.
Libertarian candidate Joe :'Mundt :received
break down of area polls shows Cardiff
ith a significant leal throughout, •
pits
Laeknow -
rdiff: 371'
cDonald; 178
ton: 67
ands: 3'
•
tnlose
rdiff: 454
cDonaldt• 127
ton: 59
undt.2 '
West Wawanosh.
Cardiff: 419
McDona`ldh' 136
Bolton. 73
,Mundt: 6
Ashfield.
Cardiff: 611
McDonald: 205
Bolton: 106 .
Yundt: 6
•
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met .p0SSi ilia
joii ahead of him, Some ON* :who `should .•
get* cabinet, appointment,won't `gef- one.•`
And if Murray does get into the cabinet, he
oval. still''. continue tOlsei?ve the riding.' So fart
' the's`done•an Outstanding job' because he's a
,gentleman, and bas , hadno animosity with l
the Liberals,''.' said Campbell. -
An Origlnal , . . .
Cardiff . is one ' 'of the • original ...85.
Conservatives who have been members of
parliament since the last election. In 1980,
`` .he' was the only new Conservative elected
east of - Alberta,.. In his ' first term, he
• represented Canada in a number of trade
:de1egations-throughour- the *vcirld.
"In Mexico, our delegation was successful
in.. selling a ' $17 ' million . contract: The
potentialis there to sell Canadian products,
but we have to go after . it, said Cardiff:
"I don't' know. what' my chances'are of
being in cabinet. Now there is more
possibility', because I'm one of the original
85." `
But for the. 50 -year-old Grey Township ,
farmer, ' life - as an ' MP and a farmer.
continued, 'even the day after the `election..
' With a majority government, the Canad-
ian 'people have told government they want
change, he said. "And with the policies
' we've developed, voters • have given us a
mandate to put those policies in place. .
• `We, won't have a turnaround overnight.
But there ate some • policies such as
Agricultural policies that an be put itt place
very soon such
Cba d legislation.u�el, 'capital gains.
and the a
g i
"We :h'ope it ; won't have to get worse
before it gets better. We have to have long-
lasting job creation.' I feel we should have,
less bureaucracy in the business sector.
Crown . corporations will have to be , more
accountable.. And we need responsible
goverment -spending. Things have to start
•in Ottawa with government spending. - ' ... .
• 'We have. to.get our priorities right to get
Cana mg again," said Cardiff. '
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