Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 22, 1949, p. 1

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georgetown ont wednesday evening june 22 1949 shane seek election in matltoii iton candidates qualify at meeting ih milton where you vote in georgetown k jbne of the smallest federal nbni- jnatfcm meetings ever held in hair ton was that in milton a weolc ago jaohday when about 0130 hundred people gathorod in ityllpn town hall for this important occasion- three candidates filed their certifi cates each accompanied by a- 200 deposit which win be forfeited u candidate does nut obtain at least half the votes of the winning candidate those seeking election in halton tiding arte mlsa sybil bcenott kc ejvsoorgctown representing the ivjrcbslve conservative party bushes cleaver mp of burling ton sitting liberal member and w a shane of oakyllle repre senting the ccf party following the official nomination hour p w cooke of milton hal- ton returning officer was chosen chairman of the meeting and candi dates were given fifteen minutes to peak to the audience with the sitting member granted an extra five minutes for reply mr cleaver in his speech poin ted to some of the improvements the county had enjoyed under the liberals including new post office buildings at oalcvllle and burling ton and harbour improvements at oalcvllle and bronte plans had been made also for better post of fices at glen williams bronte and campbcllvllle but the importance of bousing overshadowed these at present the form marketing act which gives the government pawerto place a floor on any commodity needing it is one of the best in the world for agriculture he said while the liberal government docs not like controls he said that those which still remain on rentals steel and foreign exchange were neces sary to avoid a depression while the government did not take all the credit for the building of 300000 homes it had provided assistance to the home builders and he hoped these facilities would be extended to those in the lower income groups in burlington a successful experi ment has been made in providing homes for elderly people at month ly rentals of 16 and 21 he strongly criticized col george drew conservative party leader for levelling the cansdalr plant charges on the eve of the election when the goverment will have no time to investigate no conserva tive objections were noted he said in 194647 when the deal took place miss bennett criticized the lib erals for ruling by orders-ln-coun- cll her party did not believe in removing necessary controls she pointed out but believed controls should be made from the floor of the house she deplored the loss of bacon and food contracts to other countries and charged that of 82000 houses erected last year only 18000 were helped by the government under the present government canada has had the highest costofliving in its history was hep charge she said the social security pro gram of her party was the finest in the world and was particularly proud of the platform which would louis st laubent named prime minister when rt hon william l macken zie king retired minister of justice louis st laurent will contest on election for the first time on mondoy for the liberal party mr st laurent is he first leader from quebec since sir wilfrid laurler provide an income for all people over 65 the ccf party said mr shane in his speech would take over the railroads which hqve cometo a state of decay he said the recent sloncrease to old age pensioners was meaningless because their earning allowance was decreased at the snme time by n similar amount he criticized the government for sale by war assets of the wellilnd chemical ploni to a large ameri can corporation which will manu facture commercial fertilizer here foiling division no i comprising the portion of th town lying north of chtireh street and west of main ptriot thl in cludes the churchill crcscorii hous- it subdivision vqto nt town hall ppllln division no 2 comprising the pqrilon pf tbwn lyfagt north of no 7 highway north of john street and west of the creek vote at town hall polling division no- s comprising the portion of town south of church street and west of main street vote at library polling division no 4 comprising the portion of town lying cast of main street and south of no 7 highway vote at library polling division no 5 comprising the portion of town lying cast of ihe creek and north of the cnr main line vote at fred bralsby home foiling division nos comprising the portion of town lying south of the cnr main line cast of the creek south of that por tion of john street lying west of the crock ond north of no 7 high way vote at isaac hornby home- eligible voters students who are attending school away from home can vote if they wish in their home munici pality single teachers arc also granted this right no one of course can vole twice in one elec tion do people vote for or for man george drew leadlhgthc progressive con servative party in next mon days election is george drew former ontario premier who was chosen lost year as nat ional party leader and obtained a seat in the house in a by- election sybil bennett kc sybil bennett kc who is a partner in the local law firm of dale bennett carries the progressiveconservative ban ner in the election an able speaker she has been presi dent of the peel county pc association was formerly town solicitor for brampton and is a distant relative of the late u b bennett at one time prime minister of canada over two tuocsand yoters in georgetown there arc close to 2200 qualified voters in georgetown eligible to vote in next mondays election the preliminary lists prepared and printed- some weeks ago list 2192 names divided as follows division 1 208 division 2286 division 3289 division 4 357 division 5 3d8 division 0524 to this total several names hove been added as official revisions which were omitted from the pre liminary list as georgetown la classified as a rural division a qualified vocr whose name still docs not appear on the list may vote if he first takes the prescribed tmh and if he is vouched for by a duly qualified voter of this divis ion this ruling applies also to esqueslng township an analysis of past figujfos of the halton vote in provincial and fed eral elections brings out somo in teresting- comparisons- iti june 1049 the two elections were only a week opart and showed that in halton many people vote for- a per sonality rather than being diehards for one political party in the fed eral election hughes cjenvbr the sitting llbcrqjmcmber was retur ned to office with 6055 while conservative allan nicholson was endorsed by ij2b7 voters th ccf represented by carlylc browne polled a scant 1922 the provincial elections saw a complete reversal when stan hall sitting conservative member had a resounding majority polling 0914 votes to 5725 for mrs mary pottlt liberal aspirant who is now war den of the county the ccf had an upswing and almost doubled their vote with 2806 these results would certainly tend to show that mr cleaver and mr hall arc popular as personali ties and that many people in the county voted for both men it is interesting too to note that the provincial vote was about700 heav ier in total which would lead ono to believe that people in ontario arc more concerned about their provincial administration than they are about the federal government since 1045 ono provincial do- tion in 104b is the only factual basis for comparison and tie above deductions mako it relatively vol- uelcss this umocontraify to the general picture in ontario when the liberals worof snowed under tho halton candidate hod only 111 less voteg tlan stan- hall who ag ain become tin member cof can didate cecil mlllward running tor a second tunc phoned id the cjcf upswing pitovlnclally and got 700 more votes than he did three year earlier the 1040 ami 1045 forforal vot totals ore reproduced clsowhere in this lssuo and anyohd interested can make their own comparisons a quick study of the figures makes it appear that the ccf entry into the field had a sharp effect on the liberal majority while the con servatives stayed t relatively con- slant what the results will be next monday is anybodys guess 1 eligible voters the election act specifies that an elector must vote in the munici pality where he was resident at the time the election writs were issued there nre a tew exceptions not ably a minister or schoolteacher who has accepted another position since that time but mostpeople arc not granted this privilege how halton voted in 1040 liberals cons cleaver g atkins acton burlington georgetown milton oakville esquesing nassauaweya nelson trafalgar service vote 603 1112 655 584 971 925 522 1121 1251 44 7788 460 698 613 351 1229 700 280 777 940 109 0184 liberals cleaver 589 906 643 530 898 845 481 968 1095 in 1945 cons ccf nichol- browne on 446 951 599 399 1032 620 305 981 954 0287 321 101 84 261 108 82 263 216 1522 hughes cleaver mp hughes cleaver burlington lawyer- has represented hal ton in the house of commons for many years- and is again the liberal contestant in next mondays federal election mr cleaver has taken an in creasingly important part in government affairs during his fifteen years in the house in the war years he was chairman of the war expenditure com mittee and since then has ser ved as chairman of the bank ing and finance committee remember next monday june 27 is voting day for the fed- eral elections in halton three candidates seek office hughes cleaver mp present liberal member for halton miss sybil bennett kc who represents the progresaive- conservative party and w a shane who is the ccf candidate pollingbooths are open from 9 am to 7 pm daylight saving time r in georgetown there are six polling subdivisions these vary from the municipal elections in which the town is divided in four wards check to see where you vote your franchise is the most valued possession in this world canada is one of the few countries in this world where the people can still freely elect their gov- vernment realize this and vote esquesing has nine polling divisions residents should check in advance to find out where they vote w a shane a resident of the lakeshore w a shane the ccf can didate has been in the radio broadcasting industry during j the war was a technical man with western electric on radar and now has a fruit and vege table farm in halton he ser ved a 4 year term on the bow- manvlllc iswn council and is a native of kingston district mahers double or nothing your favorite radio quiz show sponsored by maker shoe stores will be broadcast from the acton park pavilion monday jtm27th at 800 pm youll meet in person such top radio lames as stu kenney outstanding master of ceremonies don gordon one of canadas finest musicians at the keyboard art mcgregor and frank deaville internationally famous as the former comedy team of woodhouse hawkins who are jointly responsible for the smooth production of double or nothing come early and get a good seat admission free election returns will be announced from the stage the contestant gets a dollar for the first correct answer and this is doubled until he gets up to 1600 or misses a question in which case he received a prize of 100 silver collection in aid of acton ys mens community work 1 vote as you like but vote jrfwwjpsiwsijiav

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