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The' N08 Du Ses SHA 03 FE LISS ra Le AR IE STEVE ENT 5d FAS il a a A EE Nr a BA WA TI TCO EN FIAT Gr inant Si SHARAN be AT BRR AS Re 8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 20, 1980 Bitter-sweet victory for Allan Lawrence of PC's (From page 1) Lawrence who held the dual cabinet posts of consumer and corporate aff- airs, and solicitor-general, now finds himself going back to Parliament Hill and the benches of the opposition. The mood at Mr. rence's election night head- quarters in the banquet hall of the Port Hope Legion was almost from moment polls closed at 8:00 P.M. and the first returns from eastern Canada began flashing across the TV sets. DISBELIEF As the national trend be- gan to take shape with the results from Ontario coming in, small groups of Conser- vative party workers and supporters stood near the TV sets shaking their heads in disbelief, and asking them- selves the questions "what has happened and vhy Mr. Lawrence himself was at a loss to explain the national results when he met with reporters after deliver- ing a short speech to his supporters. "It's too early to analyse the situation,' he said. **Part of the reason may have been the campaign which very defensive." "The energy issue put us on the defensive. while such things as law and order. capital punishment. and human rights were not stressed." Mr. Lawrence suggested that his own loss of almost 5000 votes from the May election was a result of the national trend. and the shift to the Liberals in Ontario In his speech to party workers and supporters. Mr. Lawrence said he felt 'sad for my country * "It is sad thal a govern- ment that was prepared to take tough decisions was thrown out of office." he stated. "However." he continued. "despite what has happened at the national level, Dur- ham-Northumberland will have a strong voice in Ottawa." The mood in his election night headquarters con- trasted sharply with the mood in the same Legion hall last May when Mr. Law- rence swept to an over- whelming victory and the Conservatives formed the minority government. In fact, last May when Mr. Lawrence and his wife Moira made their entrance into the hall, they were accompanied _ by an entire pipe and drum band But on Monday night. they walked in to the sounds of a single bag-pipe DISAPPOINTMENT Liberal hopeful Ed Scham- erhorn failed to put much of a dent in the Conservative vote. and he admitted that this was a disappointment to him Mr. Schamerhorn. a United Church minister and political unknown tallied 11.216 votes this time around. just about 200 more than Dr. Ian Wilson received when he ran for the Liberals last May New Democrat Fred Mc- Laughlin picked up almost 1000 votes more on Monday night than he did last May. He earned 9.315 votes as opposed to 8.531 last May. Mr. Schamerhorn made an appearance at Mr. Law- rence"s headquarters on Monday night. offered his congratulations and then stayed to have a cup of coffee. He told reporters he has no regrets about entering the political wars for the first 'ime. and naturally express- ed delight at his party's fortunes across the country. He expressed disappoint- ment that he did not show better in his home area of Bowmanville where he has been active in Civic affairs for the past several vears The turn-out of approxim- atelv 38.000 in the riding represents slightly better than 70 per cent of the 52,733 people eligible to cast their ballots However. the turn-out is down by over 3000 voters from the number who cast ballots last May. and no doubt the winter weather and people out of the country on vacation attributed partly to the lower turn-out. As in the May election, Mr. Lawrence showed strength in all areas of the riding which stretches from Cob- ourg to Port Perry. He did lose several polls this time around. while last May he lost but one poll. In Scugog Township, Mr. Lawrence won 28 of the 31 polls. although his margin in many of them was no more than a handful of votes. Mr. McLaughlin won two polls, both in Caesarea, Mr. Schamerhorn managed to win but one poll, that in Port Perry by a margin of 56 to 51 votes over Mr. Lawrence. Mr. McLaughlin received 140 votes to 68 for Lawrence in one poll, and 76 to 72 votes in the other he captured. The New Democrat can- didate showed considerable strength in Scugog Township as he polled a total of 2392 votes. while Mr. Lawrence had a total of 2784 and Mr. Schamerhorn ran third with 1697 Mr Marttila polled 52 votes for the Libertarian Party in Scugog Township, while Robert Platt of the Marxist-Leninists could muster just two supporters out of the 8581 eligible voters in the Township. The total vote in Scugog was 6927. or about 75 per cent. which was just slightly above the average turn-out FUTURE UNCERTAIN Although pleased with his. own victory, the disappoint- ment was obvious for Mr. Lawrence. He told reporters Monday night that he doesn't know what role he personally will have in opposition, and he offered no comment on the future fortunes of Con- servative leader Joe Clark. Mr. Lawrence aiso declin- ed to comment on whether he himself might have aspirat- ions for the party leadership should Mr. Clark step down and a convention be held in the next year or so. Mr. Lawrence. who turns 54 this year, once sought the leadership of the Conser- vative Party of Ontario, losing to Premier William Davis. Mr. Lawrence said his immediate plans are to re- turn to Ottawa on Wednes- day of this week to attend a Cabinet meeting, likely the last one the Conservatives will hold for another four years, at least. Utica area news by Vera Brown The Epsom-Utica Social Club will meet at Epsom Church this Saturday, Feb. 23rd at 7 p.m. for a potluck supper and they extend an invitation to any interested persons to attend. Mrs. Some of the young folk from Utica attended the Epsom Sunday School toboggan party held Sunday afternoon at Bailey's farm. Wasn't it nice to have the weather man co-operate and bring us some much needed snow for this occasion. At the Utica Hall Board meeting held on Sunday afternoon, the same officers were returned for another Clark of Mill Hollow will talk on changes they have made in the Mill etc. Church service this week will be at Epsom Church at 11:30 a.m. year. I cl Sunday School at Utica is There were 16 tables of at 10:00 a.m. euchre played in the hall on Friday evening. Prizes went to Ladies-Francis Sandisor, (Turn to page 29) It was indeed a pleasure to have Mr. Larry Kendall favour the congregation with a solo on Sunday. 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