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B6 The Acton Free Press Wed September ELECTION 1975 Im my own man says Dawkins Key to victory is hard work Hard work will form he basis of the Tory campaign In Burlington says PC candidate Gary wasted no time putting that formula to the lest He spent about thret weeks preparing for his June nomination meeting and since then he has been out meeting people a the feel of things said d use signs billboards and have workers canvass the riding Every election is won by hard work he say four The candidate has received in lanvassin from Mi colleagues in the education business Cum in teams of four and one canvasser a street and two canvassers are on the other side Each person leaves a prepared message with homeowner and moves on The candidate himself is always within calling distance should someone have a queslion The timing of the election call has worked well for Hawkins Ho has been able to form pool of school to accompany him in his door to door trips about riding The call coming In Hie summer time provided readj labor pool for to draw J said Gary Is active in community of age is the voungest candidate fighting to become Burlington first silting member in the Ontario Legislature A lifelong resident of the riding Dawkins became an elementary school principal at the of and has been a principal for the past 12 years first at School ind for the last two years at Z Bennett School in career is an educator started after he from Sir Wilfred University and Lake- shore Teachers College He has served on a host of committees boards connected with education including the Prlnci pais Advisory Committee four years on executive of the Principals Association including a term as president i term as chairman of the professional development committee and he is currently Me principals representative on the staff board committee and the elementary teachers association council Mr has been busy in the community as well serving twice as president of the Acton Rotary Club and he served six years in the Canadian Militia with the Lome Scots Regiment and as an executive member of the Royal Canadian Legion He has also found time to work with Knox Presbyterian Church serving twice on the Board of Managers and he is a member of Walker Masonic Lodge The candidate has worked in all provincial and federal election campaigns since serving in a variety of capacities as well as area captain He worked on George Kerr campaign committee In the last two elections and Kerr nomination In Gary lives in Acton with his wife Rosalie and their two sons Mark 10 and Michael four The great outdoors subject for contest A national environment photographic contest is being cosponsored by federal Department of Environ and Canadian Photo magazine to en courage interest in protecting Canada s environment Prize winning photographs miy be used department in exhibitions posters and booklets and also will be published the 197G edition of the Ml I- rank sent word of the contest to this paper winner of the grand which is being donated y Environment Canadi has two choices two week at tht Banff School of I ine Arts on High Country Photography which will involve field trips above feet in the Rockies or a day course In nature photography with Freeman Patterson at Bluff N Prizes will be awarded for photographs in categories which range from mairs impact on the en vironment to songbirds 10 Limit Pictures mav be black and white or color and is a limit of ten photographs per entrant All photographs ust hive been taken in Canada Deadline for entries is December and they should be submitted to Environment Canada Photo Contest Information Directorate Ottawa KlA Thert are more details at the Press nev anyone interested Advertising rules fair The election spending act touted as being the moat com pre hens I in North America is good and fair according to Tory candidate Gary Daw kins of Acton In the act will provide candidates with about per candidate from the public purse and impose restrictions on how much each candidate can spend on advert isine The ceilings on only the cost of ad vertising time or space not to the cost or production of such advertising Hi 1 Gary your candidate In Burlington the 39yearold educator said as ho circulated around Centennial Manor chatting with rest dents Committed to winning the election by hard work the Tory candidate has moved his campaign Into high speed One day last week saw him visit workers at L Robert son plant at a knock on doors In the Milton area campaign locally with Prem ier Bill Davis and take time out for a Inter view plus sessions with party workers That day wasn t un like others recently First In race was the first of the three candidates to be off chilly placed In the race for a seat In the Ontario Leg la I He defeated George Gray at the Tory nomination meeting in Milton June His victory came as a bit or a surprise to some who felt Gray had the support of the Tory establishment But Dawkins came on with a strong speech and one that questioned some of the policies Daw ins says he has worked with the party for some time and has support of the party Following his victory ru mors circulated about the riding indicating that Daw kins had been hauled up on the carpet by party brass at Queen Park and told toe Inc line abide more close ly by party policies questioned on that point Dawkins dismissed it as rum or without foundation My own man That has no validity at alt and I don know where it comes from I m my own man and prepared to fight within the confines of my own party for what I feel is best for the constituency m no radical but I m not a yes man I never have been Mr Dawkins has been out and about meeting people and seeing what their concerns arc since being nominated Although cribes the response as being good he points out election fe ver caught on In Hal ton Burlington yet Reporting on his discus sions with the people Daw I kins says regional govern is one subject that comes up as does the green belt and Niagara Escarpment Commission Not as often Mr Dawkins points out regional government come up as often as he had expected It might In the early stretch of the campaign The Tory candidate said a lot of people are concerned about Niagara Escarpment legislation Most feel concept is okay but they are concerned about how it works and how strict It seems to be Mr Dawkins explains there is a lot of discontent about people not being allowed to be present while their case is be ing heard I don t feel that is right I think people have a right to be there It can t be an open for unless they are he said Mr Dawkins explained that if all the commission had to go on was a written there was a chance for misinterpretation Hopes for changes Dawkins said he had ready discussed the matter at Queen Park and was dent some changes would be made to improve the proce dure Following the interview with Mr Dawkins Premier Davis told reporter the pro cedures would be improved upon said he was pleas that the minister had set up environmental hearings for the Bradley Georgetown line and he looked forward to recommendations from the hearing He noted there was a of the tions affecting the Highway corridor and the line run ning to the substation on the Ninth Line Why does Gary want to be a MPP this re porter asked Controls lives We all have to be concern with government It Is starting to control our lives the candidate replied Mr claims there arc parallels between the role of an educator where he has had his success and the role of a politician Education is a people business and so is politics I get along and communicate well with people from all walks of life he said adding that he had proven skills as an organizer and an admin istrator Dawkins defended the Davis administration on charges or lack of integrity and government spending You con say what you like about government spending but Ihe government has cut back on the areas of health and education by imposing ceilings They have looked at the needs and pumped money Into areas like housing said he fell the government has been reasonable In trying to meet the needs of the people and still keeping in mind the ability of the taxpayer Won go wild The Liberals can talk about overspending but look their promises Nixon Liberal Leader Bob Nixon says he increase the provincial share of education from to per cent That would cost half a billion dollars and he would cut out OHIC premiums and that would cost another half billion dollars Us fine to accuse the government but it has been realistic and there are con trols so that it won t go wild On the question of govern integrity said he knew of no government that acted as quickly or as responsive as I he Davis government In regard to integrity issues He noted it was Davis who brought in legislation to cover conflict of interest election expenses and transportation for the premier ana ministers Dawkins noted that the Liberals would do well to think of use of private helicopters to be a political 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