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1 liberals win two halton seats rud vetting is big winner stores plurality of 4600 rod wmtln la hapon ridings new member of parliament whiting 37 an oakville salesman and public relation officer with a burlington quarrying firm handily defeated progressive conservative candidate peter k mcwlihams by almost 5000 voter the latest available return from helton rhirnin officer gordon blake gvae whiting 18210 ratea to mcwiuums 11555 while kjdp candidate murray ksrrdghan trailed with 8009 with ik of the 20s polls beard from while election official were unsure of toe final totals it appeared an estimated 70to 0 par cent of helton ridings elig ible 47600 voter exercised their franchise the turnout waa con sidered excellent for each a rainy day rain fell throughout most of the voting hoqrs tuesday whiting took an early lead when the votecounting began shortly after poll closed at 8 pnu arid never looked beck the liberal campaigner won all but 27 poll in the riding it was his first attempt at politics although he has bees an active bewnd-tb- scenes worker for the past 22 years in this area the ration eat was nr for grabs in yesterdays election because dr harry barley of oakville ujp for the past five years declined to run again oakville arena for the most part of last evening was many rooms in one it wsa the headquarters for the liberal c and the mecca of those who agreed with and had worked to convin ce the people of the riding when they chose rud to represent them in ottawa it was a boiler roomboillng with a constantly moving mass of liberals reporters youngsters and wellwishers and bolting with the tremendous physics best generated by enthusiasm from the people and the heating system it was a political versalllasa progressive conservative candidate ucwiuiam came over just before 930 pm to shake the hand of the man he now acknowledged as victor and pc leader bob stanfield took to the airwaves just one hour later to concede to prime minister pierre elliot trudeau it was a stadium for frantic activity as telephones jangled and adding machine operators runners and boardmarkera raced to keep before the assembly those results of which they were so proud among the participants were dr and mrs harry harley j he marking the totals on a large blackboard at the front of the room and repeating tv bulletins on how the party fared across the nation hi wife busy in the kitchen dispensing coffee dough nuts and soft drinks to all and sundry by 845 pm 55 polls largely from the lake snore areas had already given mr whiting an unofficial 4328 ballet mr mcwiu- lamsveeelvlng 3173 with rew democratic candidate murray keru- fgban scoring 1728 the trend definitely established by that hour had actually been set a few minutes after eight oclock wnen the first oakville poll reported to the returning officer with a healthy lead for whiting soon n polls showed a liberal vote of 8898 conservative support of 6j375 and a 3268 vote amotiment tftthe ndp it waa roughly at 9 pm with whiting holding a 3000vots lead that mr mcwluinm decided to withdraw from the race and end the suspense he arrived at the arena at 925 pan to congratulate the winner and officially cwede the obvious whiting victory the two shook hands and said a few words then shook hands once more for the benefit of a group of press photographers asked if he planned to again enter politics at any level my mewilhams stated be felt the people bave had enough of elect ion for a while he indicated his plans do include however a return to practice as a barrister and solicitor he was a lawyer in milton for several years before he became heltons crown attorney in 1958 he resigned from that post to contest the elect ion i feel we should realise the government of canada is going to be facing an economic crisis he slated and if it happens that mr stanfield becomes leader of the opposition i feel sure be will conduct himself competently we cut the 10000voie majority of 1984 down to about onethird he added oakville reeve alan day who had also been a nominee for the candidacy of the pcs in the riding was on on the list of not ables who dropped by to offer their congratulations others incl uded milton mayor brian best another liberal nominee j m continued on poo j acton ubieitals bill coats and his wife gloria pin a victory button on successful hallon liboral candidato rud whiting after ho loft consorvativo polor k mcwilliams woll behind in lho balloting ezlo marzo ton as well right of acton likes the trudeau but- staff photo hht tin acton ontario wednesday june 26 1968 sixteen pages ten cents cool liberal jobn morison edges jim swanborougb t avowal a has w wimw jajtn metleon after ms victory twmsky nlgsv hales wins in wellington there was never really any doubt of victory in john morison headquarters the liberal incumbent for haltohwentworth was in the lead as the first few returns drifted in and held it through the entire evening to defeat conservative jim swanborough and new democrat ted macdonald im not surprised beamed morison after the victory was confirmed weve had our puople out all the way with a really high level of campaigning unofficial results gave morison 17093 swanborough 16804 and macdonald 8840 with allpollsin approx imately 76 per cent of the electorate voted the morison team was in full swing in burlington central arena by shortly after eight asmall crowd of rainsoaked supporters hung along ropesseparallnglhemfromlheprosstables in the contre of the floor campaign manager poter cadoau paced nervously back and forth behind a row of about a dozen worlcors calculating returns on adding machines and posting them on huge boards at the front by 835 rorurns were in from 53 of the 210 polling stations morison was ahead with 4571 swanborough had 3802 macdonald 2125 and independent liboral norman braden 201 the literals continued to hold their lead of close to 1000 votes all the way after 180 polls that lead had increased with morison winning 14088 and swanborough 12977 by this time the ndp candidate was out of the running with 6873 an aura of eonfldonco settled on the crowd and shouts of weve got it made broke out in various parts of the arona at 915 a beaming mr and mrs morison arrived to shouts of johnny baby how are you and wo sure showedem sporting a white topcoat mr morison moved about the crowd shaking hands and congratulating his campaign workers although the morlsonerew was still hackat 165 polls word drift ed through on radio mlkesthat final results were in of the 215 polls there were five additional split polls morison held 17993 swan borough 16804 and macdonald 8840 wild applause echoed through the arena and the press swarmed in for comment morison never lost his cool in between radio inter views he signed autographs for young supporters when asked what ha considered the leading factor in his victory morison stated i like to think my campaign team waa the secret and how do you feel now 7plpeda reporter cool man cool returned morison relax its the only way conservative headquarter in a small room on tba corner of james and brant streets waa in sharp contrast to central arena mr swanborough was not there at the time and although the room was jammed with supporters the mood wsa one of disappointment by 10 oclock the conservatives had cleaned up camp while the crowd at central arena impatiently waited for final result to come through from the liberal outposts at 1020 mr swanborougb arrived to concede the election he was greeted with hearty of applause and the two candidates somewhat reluctantly shook hands acrosss the press table in a epeochtotheprebgmrswanboroughaald i dont consider myself a loser i only campaigned for 4 5 days and my opponent has five years of experience behind him im sure mr morison has learned a lot through this campaign duo to the criticism he received for his poor attendance record in parliament and he will be a better mp for it mr morisons attendance record was a key point in the swan- borough platform throughout the campaign it sounds like hes still campaigning ahouted a morison work er sour grapes all the way piped another at that point a morison supporter stepped in to shake swan- boroughs hand it was a pleasure working against you she said theres one in every crowd returned mr swanborough as be mads his way towards the exit in summing up mr morisons victory campaign manager peter cadoau said he felt the liberals picked up their strongest support continued on pap 2 all hales preserved an island for the progressive conservative last night in a swelling sea of liberalism tba popular arkeu farmer raneneckndneck race with liberal ralph dent in early alectlon returns for wellington before b gradually edged in front to preserve the seat for the pc a with 140 polls cut of 148 reported mr hales bad a 1797 lead over mr dent while ndp candidate lagged over 8000 votes behind the liberal standard bearer appeared at the crowded humid conservative committee rooms to concede defeat at 905 pm a cheering clapping throng jamming the gaelpa baker st rooms welcomed tba defeated dent who wasted no time la extending con gratulations mr halea replied by rubbing salt in the wounds reminding mr deal of a promise he had made at the liberal nomination meeting to finally get rid of alf hales voting was close with dent showing a alight lead at us pm only 25 minutes after the polls closed ndp candidate phil lanthler was never in the running the brat returns from polling subdivision 26 in st georges ward guekjth gave dent 71 bales 117 and lanthler 40 that was at 815 by us however ralph dent had grabbed the lead in the exciting oonleat and he gave the tory committee rooms which were tttled with elderly ladiea and gentlemen middleaged matrons and a sprinkling of younger people some anxious minutes an audible groan want up from the crowd when dent forged ahead five minutes later the leadership had changed and alf hales took 100 vote lead which be never relinquished were on the way declared buuunt jimmy nevis who was giving out results in a stentorian ton whena poll showed a liberal edge virtually shouting when ah hales ran in front it was obvious as early as 830 pm that the ndp was out of the running by 840 pnt hales hd48j6 votes compared to 4212 for dent lanthler tab was a mere 1868 by 845 hales was nearly 1000 votes in front and supporter started arriving with refreshments obviously meant for a victory celebration when the margin went over 1100 votes jimmy nevin shouted dent was probably on his way back lo south america he urged hales supporters to keep the door open far him omen of victory was never more anarehl when hush guthrie jr an ardent conservative and hales backer received word he was the proud father of a new baby girl he told the crowd which goodnaturedly joshed the father and urged mr hales to proclaim bis win his family around him alf haleasatcomposedtn a chair survey ing results on the tote board until ralph dent arrived the glint of victory lit in ms eyes as mr dent strode in to shake hands while conservatives forgot about partisan politics to give both candidates a big hand reserving their choice cheer for the victor mr haleadldnt disappoint his supporters crabbing a mike from a local radio station he invited all who listened to an open house at his farm home mr hale said now victory was assured he would continue to represent all the people regardless of their political affiliation as he bad don in the past we won the ball game thanks he told his cheering support ers by now packed uke herrings in the humid committee rooms ive never seen such involvement in a campaign before mr hales said figures at 905 pm showed mr hales had 10823 votes over 1300 more than the 9514 ralph dent bad racked up at that point returns were still coming in and in soma polling subdivisions dent was delivering some strong counter punches by 930 alf hales had a plurality of 1797 vole over dent with 40 of the 48 polls counted i there was 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