The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-26, Page 17y
y
• THURSDA', OCTOBER 26, 1.972
SECOND ICT'I.N
O
gIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111IIIIlIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllll(IN111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
▪ County.
In the 1968 election, Conservative McKinley received
• 14,652 votes to 'the LiI ercrls'.' 10.9'60. The NDP rec%ived
• 1,212.
The Huron riding is considered by the three major
political parties to be the home of Progressive Conser-
vatism. Traditionally. the riding 'has gone PC and for it to
go any other way .would spell disaster for the •PC's
nationally as well as locally. _
The PC's are running irtcumbentR.E. (Bob) McKinley, =
the Liberals are offering Charlie Thomas as their can-
didate, Shirley Weary has got the New Democratic ticket
and Ed Bain is running as an Independent Socialist:
.-Huron riding has 36.620 voters, up from 30,820 in the,"
1968 election. It includes all of Huron County "plus the- 7-4
townships of Biddulph and McGillivray in Middlesex
a
5▪ 111111uuumlultunnnmulununtnuuunuatilulunnutmllmminnulnln1a1u1unuunuulomtunm
w
•
e
Edward ,Bain, 44, who lives in
Goderich and works a_ t
Dominion Road Machinery, is
running under his own banner
as an Independent Socialist.
Bain is running by himself after
being thrown out of the NDP for
his extremist•}views and he was
also ousted from his post as
president of the' Goderich and
District Labor Council in April
for using his position tofurther
his political career. He publicly
apologized for the move.
Bain's campaign consists
mostly of distributing leaflets.
attacking the other parties and
speaking at meet -the -candidates
Ed Bain, Independent Socialist
gatherings at the various secon-
dary schools in Huron.
Bain is calling for a planned
socialist +economy , where the
farmer will have complete say
over what he produces with no
middle man making huge
profits.
He said there will be equality
for men and women in jobs,
wages, education, etc. "There
will be bo unemployment, no
welfare but adequate state aid
for all who require it." "All
education and medicare will be
free," he said.
Under a socialist government
there would be no • foreign
ownership)Bain said and no ex-
porting of large sums of money
for investment abroad for
private profit.
He said also that there could
be a shorter work week and
working day •and earlier pen-
sions. Bain said a socialist
economy would eliminate the
yast disparity in salaries, wages
and. pensions.
Observers of the political
,scene in Huron give Bain little
chance of winning more than a
handful of votes.
Bain expects to spend around
$400 for his campaign.
•
•
° ' hb McKinley, Progressive Conservative
ro
R. . (Bob) McKinley, 42, is
the sitting Member of
Parliament for the Huron
riding. McKinley, a father of
five, and a farmer -businessman
from since cElston Cardih, has had ff
federal
iff refired
in 1965. He was returned in .,
1968 with a bigger majority
than in 1965 and"is well known
throughodt the riding.
'The Progressive Conser-
vatives see little chance of their
candidate getting beaten but
none -the -less; McKinley has-
• been out hustling for all he' is
worth. He openly admits - to
having the big, blue Tory
machine of Charlie
MacNaughton working for him.
Because Huron riding
depends primarily on
agriculture, McKinley has said
that the government has to give
_a • fairer shake to the farmers:
During his seven"' years as
Huron's member, McKinley has
travelled to a NATO conference
and is currently deputy -
agricultural critic for the Con-
servatives and chairman of the
PC's agriculture caucus.
'McKinley doesn't know the
cost ,of his campaign but said
he would outdo anything that
the Liberals tried.
He siva that the Liberals
have been wasting money for
the last seven years. "In the past
seven . years `the income of the
federal government through
taxation has almost doubled. I
uggest that none of us feel we
; re'tw'ice as (well off today as we
were seven years ago," he said.
McKinley said that the sugar
beet industry could be revived
in Huron and all that's needed
is the government to set a quota
on Canadian sugar, making sure
about 20 per cent of it would be
made from Canadian beets.
He said the goal of a Conser-
vative government would be '
to give everyone an equal oppor-
tunity to get a job by creating
more job opportunities.
•
�ws• »..> w..
Photos & Stares
by
James Fitzgerald
Mast political pundits • admit
that the only challenge the
Tories have in Huron. riding is •
from ' ,Grey Township farmer
Charlie Thomas, who'is running
on the Liberal ticket.
Thomas, 44, is a Brussels area
farmer and father of four: He is
the reeve for Grey Township
and a member of the Huron
County Council where he served
-on the social services committee.
Besides being former jet
pilot with the RCAF, he is also
a past president of the Brussels
Lions Club and the Huron
Federation of Agriculture.
Thomas has had the dubious
distinction of defending the
Charlie Thomas, Liberal
Liberal government's ' policies
during the last ' four years
"without even being in the gover-
nment.
He has been working hard
trying to wrest control of the
riding from .the Conservatives
but freely admits it's an uphill
battle.
Thomas agrees with
McKinley in saying that
agriculture is the ,fundamental
issue in Huron. He says he can
see no reason the sugar beetin-
dustry cannot be revived 'in
Huron but 'says the main stum-
bling block is finding a plant to
process the beets.
"Planned economic and in-
d.ustrial growth; is needed in
Huron" he said. This could. be
achieved, he said, by a
connecting link with Higi}way
401; container facilities at
Goderich harbor and better rail
services linking the industrial
complexes of Kitchener and
Waterloo directly to the seaway.
He said he would also fight to
have Sky Harbor airport at
Goderich remain open.
Thomas figures he will be
spending about $10,,000, on his
campaign but the final amount
depends ,on how the donations
come in.
He admits he may not win but
at ' least the . fight''t6ill be
interesting.
Shirley. Weary, New Democratic Party
Shirley Weary, 38, is carrying
the New Democratic Party's
banner into the October 30th
election and most political ob-
servers see her as running a .
distant third behind the Conser-
vatives and ,Liberals.
Weary, a' teacher at Central
Huron Secondary School in
Clinton, was the I DP'a choi
in 1968 when she lost tier
deposit for polling only 1,212
votes,
She says, however, that the
NDP has . the best agricultural
policy of the three parties and
says that that is the most impor-
tant thing to Huron riding
residents.
She says an NDP government
would stop erosion • of the
family farm and make the rural
communities a better place to
live. She cites recent statistics
,that show the farmer composes
a mere seven per cent of the
population '' in Canada and
nearly 24 per cent of all farms
are now owned, by absentee lan-
dlords.
Weary says that a farm im-
plement board should be
established to standardize and.
test farm machinery. "There
should also be a government
land bank Which would lease
farms to farm families whd" do
not have the capital, to pur- ..
chase." The tenants would have'
the option to buy,
She said that the farmer is
getting blamed for the high
cost of food when really "nearly
half the cost comes from. fancy
packaging "
Cost of the Weary campaign--
in
ampaig --in Huron will be about $1,000,
most of which comes from in-
.dividual .donations,
She freely admits that the
campaign in Huron has been.
very quiet except for a few
political signs. Most of the
Weary campaign has been door.
to -door.
Mys saitk, that Hurotl County
needs more industry an't1 more
housing facilities ` for older
people And daycare eenttm ,