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tltrn stu ft ninetythird yearno 5 acton ontario wednesday june 19 1968 second section three candidates vie for halton riding seat murray s kernighan mi manufacturer is democratic in race all throe rnorparvlbs hvb chosen tholr candidates in hl jucdn from all rvdl- able forecasts should beoneof haltoritf ioios inlereitlngfecleral ejections s murray kernlghan theory mlllonmaji in the race win return to the fold as the new democratic party candidate while former crown attorney peter mcwilliams will carry the progressiva conservative banner and lifetime liberal worker rud whiting will try to hold the newly created halton riding for- trio liberals hoae are profiles on thethree candidates murray kernighan for the ndp standard bearer it will bo a fourth entry into a federal politics race mr kernlghan represented the ndp in halton in the 1965 election and the same party formerly known as the ccf in west york in 1945 and 1949 he was born 88 years ago neargoderlch where his father was a fartnor he grad uated from iho university of toronto in chemical engineering and has managed his own chemical firm beacon chemical for 19 years mr kernlghan has a son teaching and taking post graduate work at princeton usa a second son at he university of toronto and a daughter in high school his wife muriel was a milton public school board trusteo for eight years past chairman of the milton planning board formor chairman of tho chamber of commerce author of several briefs on taxation ilw religious nibjoctsmr kerti- ighan is clerk of session at knox presby terian church and also a sundsry school teacher he is also a pasf member of the christ ian laymonscoinmlttee an interdenom inational committee formed to lntroduco the work of the church h i a member of the professional engineers assoctallan and a professional niombor of thochomlcal instlhito of canada during his six years on tho planning board mr kornighan spent a lot of the tlmo working with colloaguos on tho board drafting a rovislon for tho stoning bylaw tho 38page book dealt with what land should be annexed if any and what use should bo mado of the annoxod land a mombor of tho chamber of commorco when the steamera rounlon first came to milton he was a mombor of a committee which urged a consistency in tho closing of store hours throughout tho provlnco this was intended to make tho job of atravelllng salesman easier and the stores morcac- cosslblo to salosmon aswullai customers he was also fundamental in work done on the industrial committee that sot up tho chambers trado fair whoro local busi- nosscs displayed oxhlblts representing their individual trados tho ostabllshmonl of a price review board to investigate unjustified price in creases and publicize its flndingsoconom- ic yndopendehce for canada arid legislation to allow housing at reasonable prices are it the top ofmvkermgkans lis of issue whlchshopldbedeall with me encourages-tho- adoptipn of certjitn parts of ihe carter report among tho many points carter made and which tho ndp support are wore onult- able incomo taa and the abolition of suc cession taxes from a marrto his wife or vico versa mr kernlghan also advocates cartors ggostlon that individuals be granted re ductions in their income tax for invest ments they make that aro nocossary for tho individuals livtlhood just as business- men and corporations aro allowed now mr kornighan suggostod this would include the cost of driving to work totho individual cartor finds support from tho ndp in his recommendation to have one old ago ponslon to cut down on the cost of book- keoplng cartor and the ndp agree ufo insur ance companies and now mines should be charged more than they arc presently being freo unlvorsity oducation should bo mado available to all those who qualify ho claims mr kornighan fools a univer sity grad earns enough to raise his incomo tax bracket high onough that the student would mora than pay tho cost of his educa tion in six or sevon years at the first call for an election ndp sign6 popped up on lawns around the town and district workers cliff hayes and davo lewis assist candidate murray kernlghan in posting a party sign staff photo peter k mcwilliams veteran campaigner carries p c banner petftt k mcwiuiams the pc candidate for halton riding in the june 25 oloction signs autographs for children attonding a recent function in oakville mr mcwilliams is mak ing his first bid for a federal office following several years in a milton law practice and 10 vears as haltons crusading crown attorney he is a resident of oakville staff photo although this is his first crack at poll- tics at the elected level campaigning is nothing new for haltons conservative candidate for the june 25 fodoral election aftor 10 years as crown attorney in halton mcwilliams is reputed to be some- what of a crusador some of the lssuos which brought him hoadllnos locally wore his crusades against tho corvalr and more recontly his fight to make it legal for blood samplos to be taken without per mission from a victim following an acci dent todotormlno the alcoholic content among other issues the 41yoarold formor crown attorney fouls should be legislated arc conditional discharges for youthful offenders by putting the offender on probation for a period of years rather than convicting liim would remove the stic- ma a bad record would carry forever some young people dont roalize tho grav ity of their actions mcwilliams said ho joins with lus opponents in listing inflation and housing as the two major issues mcwilliams claims rather than raising taxes a conservative government would bake a bigger pie rather than shar ing smaller pieces mcwilliams said he would halt spending at the present level rather than cutting back about the carter roport on taxation he fools some of it should bo carefully in itiated ho charged the prcsont system of unem ployment insurance was ridiculous the people are fod up with it the majority of people pay into it for the minority to col lect and abuse it it is ridiculous for students to hove to pay unemployment in surance for the summer work they do during an inlerviow mcwilliams quoted the late blair fraser as calling unemploy ment insurance the biggest annual fraud on separatism mcwilliams charged tru- deau was picking fights with quebec and tills is hardly the way to win friends and lnfluonce people he said mcwilliams urges romoval of building tax on materials this he feels would re duce the expense along with lower interest rales to a point the average income work ers can reach money in the canada pension fund should be made available to people to buy houses this would allow people to pay for houses and they might like to live in them too im skeptical about what good the amount of money would do hem by the tlmo they collected it anyway mcwilliams said referring to tho rate of inflation and what tho value of tho dollar would be worth by thon born in toronto ho is a graduate of harvard and osgoode hall called to tho bar in june of 1953 ho joined tho law firm of dick and dick in milton in 1054 re maining as a partner in tho firm until april of 1058 when he was appointed crown attorney for halton he resigned ills position as crownaltor- ney a month ago to contest the halton seat for the conservatives mr mcwilliams defeated oakville reeve alan day in the bid for the nomination he lived in milton from 1054 until 1067 when he moved to oakville he is marrlod and has three children while in milton he served on the building committee of st pauls united church and was a member of the library board president of the north halton cancer soc iety and vicepresident of the north halton association for the mentally itotarded he is currently president of the halton county law association rud whiting liberals candidate seeks post harley gave up hud u- whiting 37 an oakville sales man and public relations man is the lib eral candidate in the federal riding of halton whiting earned the nomination at a lib eral convention may 14 thai made local political history with two of four candi dates eliminated on the first two ballots whiting tied the third ballot with oakville mayor mclean anderson a recount confirmed the tie and whiting wont on to win the nomination on the fourth ballot i have two strong desires whiting said to retain halton for the liberal party and to carry on the high calibre of representation in ottawa that the riding has had from dr harry harley during the last six years dr harley hrst elected in 1962 an nounced shortly after the election writ was issued that he was stepping cut of public life to reenter the medical profession rud whiting was born in montreal july 30 1930 moved to 9 lambert quebec where he received his early education and came to oakville with his parents in 1946 he attended oakvllletrifalgar high school from grade 10 through grade 13 he was a farm equipment dealer for international harvester in the oakville- trafalgar district from 1951 to 1955 and then in englehart in northern ontario from 1955 to 1957 in 1957 whiting joined the flrmnatlonal sewer pipe limited and in 1961 he joined the company for which he currently works nelson crushed stone a division of king paving and materials limited with head offices in oakvtlle he is no stranger to politics although this is his first attempt to win election to public office his father uster a whiting who runs an advertising agency in oakville has been an active working liberal ever since rud whiting can remember among lester whitings political and civic endeavors ore these former president halton county liberal association former deputyreeve of oakville 1196365 former chairman oakville library board member of the committee responsible for getting the pre sent oakvtuutrafalgar memorial hospital built in such a family setting it was almost a certainty that rud whiting would tike an interest in public affairs in 194c soon after moving to oakville rud joined the liberal association in hal ton and the following year helped found and became the charter president of the first halton county young liberal association except for the two years spent in engle- hart he has worked for the liberal party on every campaign for the last 22 years whiting is a former member of the exec utive of the halton county liberal associ ation he served as dr harleys finance chairman in the 1963 1963 and 1965 cam paigns and as finance chairman in the last october 17s provincial campaign outside of his political activity whiting has been a strong community worker in halton ho is currently a vicepresident of the halton county childrens aid society a member of the halton region conservation authority a director of the canadian can cer society burlington unit and this years campaign chairman and chairman ubiral canoioatf ruo whiting appeared with crirwidds mister of finance edgar ben son ar d press conference in oakville last wednesday as benson made a flying visit to of the industrial committee of the niagara escarpment i whiting was a director of oakville united appeal in 1962 1963 and 1965 and chairman of the united appeal drive in 1964 25 widespread ontario rldingi whiting wat nominated to contest the riding for the party after mp dr harry harley decided to retlgn following the election call staff photo hes also a farmer member of the junior chamber of commerce and of the lions club i wont to continue to serve halloo as fcohtihutd o poo b3