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Page G Tilt Wednesday June IS NDPs Johnson optimistic about future GEORGE GMT GETS AN EMBRACE FROM DAUGHTER CINDY ON ELECTION MGHT Mood subdued at Grays offices writer It was a d moment for George Gray the defeated Con candidate lie was at camps headquarters Georgetown to address surprised and d supporters alter it was clear he had lost his rst election to in cum ben Liberal Jul an Reed when he noticed his daughter cry Mr Gray as he embraced her Your mother I won because I won be away from home I done some th wrong Mr Gray to d his supporters But 1 dd I did w Ih great lit d he would cent efforts br jobs and I beds to It eg onal government probably helped to defeat me Mr Cray said bullion give his plurality of when defeated Dawk of Acton Mr Gray told reporters that although he I had time to analyse the loss part of poor showing was due to press stores when probably hurt me fa I was honest and sincere about the press he d adding that the stor were not unfair In referring to a Herald tor al cartoon which showed Mr Gray standing on people wh le announcing ling Mr Gray t bothered fam It was unnecessary He he not sure if he would seek the Progressive Conscrvat venom nation when the next provincial elect on Is called Mr Gray said that contrary to reports from the Toronto media thai the Conservatives provided money or the campaign the party He urged his supporters gel Premier W who fa led lo get a government and also to t Jul an Reed who v on Burl plural of Reed gains plurality Continued from Page 1 comments after someone shouted that enough George s brother an resident and Jul an campaign manager so the tact of the was ensure Julian was confronted by the other can dldatcs all candidates meetings It was Jul an choke he said he observed lhat was to his advantage to be on the platform and be compared w the other dales He sa the Reed committee had turned down a request to reduce the meetings because everyone who goes to those meetings arc usually comn it ted The re election campaign was budgeted for about Vandalism A Georgetown resident reported unknown persons ned entry to home and stole a calculator Residents in Mary wood tales reported in separate Incidents unknown persons k a hole in a after removing installal on and also kicked holes In the wall of a vlng room k tchen and family gave us a nickel He estimated that bis campa cost about or After talking to reporters Mr Gray with his wife Be and his chairmen Doc ft and Frank Ison went Julian healthy Reeds headquarters to con cede and finally to a Progress ve Conservative post mortem By COLIN GIBSON Herald Stair Writer It said that figures don t lie and those figures released by returning officer Roy Coulter for last Thursday a Provincial election in Burlington must ha v come as a b t of a blow to date BUI Johnson and his campaign workers Incumbent Liberal member Julian Reed swept the polls gaining reelection by a more than comfortable 3700 vote margin over Conservative George Gray who garnered 10 votes while Johnson well off the pace polling votes Johnson while keeping a stiff upper lip offered a num of reasons for the showing and although he and his cohorts did not appear thorougly disheartened the vo people has to cause them me to reflect In the 1975 election Johnson also ran third behind Reed and the then Conservative can Gary but polled votes to winner 10 Seventy per cent of Ihe voters In Burlington exercised the r franchise in 1975 and although the voter 1 si increased this lime around from to the fference In turnout was I g as the chief reluming off quoted a 1 per cent turnout for the 1977 election One main rcoson offered by both Johnson and his ex campaign manager II Cumpsty for the si de was that Reed voters who were turned oft by George Gray s Madison type campaign and thus voted Liberal as a form of d of Gray rather than on endorsement of Reed As the defeated date wryly noted The people Burl ngton were de term lhat Gray would not get and for the most part the d Tor went at our cost Johnson and his supporters knew the chase was up even before half of the 164 palling booths had reported After Service dub report secret A report on the use of town owned facilities by service clubs was received In camera Monday by finance ad min strati on committee Councillors Walter Bichn and Pat Patterson were op posed to the report being rece ved in camera after hearing recreation director Glen Gray soy lhat he did not want a thoughts made public the kept the report dent polls had reported Johnson was more than i votes off by Reed and Gray After polls had reported Johnsons was trailing the ventuol runnerup George Gray by more than votes and perhaps the battle was unofficially given up just after the poll result when a campaign worker approached Johnson put her arms around him and offered solace by tearfully noting Well we gave It a good go love Johnson ever the optimist repl Yes but we 11 be back at again At approximately 45 John son and a party of sup porters Journeyed next door to the Liberal campaign head quarters in Milton to officially concede defeat to Julian Reed As It happened another aim that all was not going too well for the NDP that night Reed wasn there The member of the Provincial Parliament was his victory celebration and Johnson made the trek to personally acknowledge s victory There was no friction be tv en the two contenders and obviously little bitterness on Johnson a part as be had carl In the evening remarked Julian and I ran a good clean sound campaign The omis of Mr Gray name was well noted by the NDP en tour age Oddly enough although last Thursday results the second consecutive defeat of Johnson both times he finished third neither John son his campaign manager nor his supporters who rallied round him would concede that Wicked Willy had sounded his last hurrah In an unofficial poll con ducted at a gathering in the Hall in Milton after the results were confirmed the support for Johnson was solid Nat one detractor could be found n the crowd and they all expressed the fervent wish that Johnson would once attempt to tilt the windmill Bill Cumpsty Johnson a campaign manager was not In the least tied by the result Cumpsty who has been a professional organ for the for many year was able to glean rays of light from the apparent dark I not d in the Itfist claimed With this election what we have established is a solid base in Burlington and 1 m extremely pleased with the way Bill was accepted by Ihe people and in the way he ran his campaign pointed out that Bills rst campaign in the lost election was a vcritible one man show but hat this time there was a solid crgan bchnd the candidate from the word go Our successes have always come about wherever we have established a solid base stated We have one here and 1 m sure it will continue to flour The terror of the Tories Wicked Willy left the deci sion to his supporters If they want me back 1 try said Johnson The applause and cheering that greeted this remark at the Hall Thursday would seem to signal yet another Johnson onslaught on the tnwers of power Johns wife Mary was si more about embarking on the campaign trail for a third try Oh Lord no she At least not until tomorrow PROCLAMATION By resolution of the council of the Town of Halton Hills I hereby proclaim the week of June to a Senior Citizens Week T J HILL Mayor Town of Halton Hills Bill JOHNSON WITH WIFE MARY AND CAMPAIGN MANAGER Bill CUMPW PREFAB BUILDINGS HOMES AND COTTAGES BUILT AND DESIGNED TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES PLEASE WRITE OR CALL EDWARDS DISTRIBUTORS Georgetown OnL7G4S4 Do I Own A Lol YEW SPECIALS Pantsuits With Pizazz Jeans Scrubbie Jeans PAIR Famed national Brand Men s western styled pre washed ready to wear jeans In machine washable cotton Denim blue in sizes 26 to Indigo Denim Jeans pair Rugged looking rugged wearing I Men s pre washed indigo blue Jeans in machine washable 100 cotton Sizes 28 to tutu IN THE GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE Open Monday Thru 10 Saturday 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