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Tory broom sweeps two NATIONAL Pending recounts Box score OConnor PC Whiting lib 374 Kempling PC Lib Bailey ffl3 Conservatives Liberals New Democrats Social Credit Other These are the box score- local ridings and how totals looked on Tuesday 109 seats seats 30 seats seats seats for the two the national Ninety Eighth Year No IB ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1972 How we voted ACTON Holstein Connor Whiting ANNE WHITING stands beside her husband hectic election campaign and their at the party headquarters In disappointment registered on their faces as after Monday s federal election results saw they took to the stage to thank their loyal him lose his scat at Ottawa The strain of a supporters J Jennings Hydro raises power cost DEBBIE WINTER Nursing graduate Miss Debbie K Winter daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Winter Mason Acton graduated from the Hamilton and District School of Nursing and is now a Registered Nurse at Milton District Hospital She attended Bennett school and completed her grade at Acton High school Schools out early Monday All County schools closed an hour early to meet the qualifications of the Canada Lit ion Act which states employees must have four hours rather than three hours in which to vote The board offices closed at J Monday as well Rate increases for all hydro customers were announced this week by Hydro chairman George Gal her cole Interim wholesale rates to municipal commissions will rise by an average of eight per cent while the average Increase to direct industrial customers will be per cent Both are effective January The average Increase to retail customers cottages farms and rural residences is 10 per cent and is effective on bills payable February blamed inflation and resultant escalation in cost of equipment and supplies interest rates wages and salaries fuels and antipollution measures as the causes for the raise in rates Affected by the raise are the province s municipal utilities large Industrial customers served directly by Ontario Hydro and some 600 rural customers Acton Hydro Commission chairman Wilf said increases will likely have to be absorbed by the customers He understood that Ontario Hydro would likely make It obligatory far commissions to pass the increase on to consumers The Acton commission has withdrawn funds from a reserve when Ontario Hydro has announced increases on other occasions rather than pass them on to customers Tap reserve fund Gathercole said the rate increases will not be sufficient alone to meet rising costs and that withdrawals will have to be made from the reserve fund Generally speaking this fund has been established to absorb the cost of such factors as variation In stream flows major physical damage to plant delays in bringing generating plants into service and exchange risk on debt3 payable in foreign currency A year ago Hydro advised its customers that in spite of intensive cost pressures there would be a temporary deferment of a rate Increase because of the state of the economy With the improvement in economic conditions an interim increase of eight per cent to municipal com missions was made on July l But no increase was made at that tune to the large industrial customers or to rural customers AN EXUBERANT TERRY O CONNOR hugs race was Mrs Carolyn an NDP from wife Carol after defeating incumbent Erin Over 50 people or per cent of Whiting by a vote margin in Monday s those eligible turned out to vote election in Halton The other candidate in the Photo by J Jennings Terry oil Carolyn in rear ERIN VILLAGE Third horse killed by 22 Another horse on the farm of Georgetown has been shot and killed by a calibre rifle The found a thorough bred marc dead last week making the third horse to be lolled by small arms fire within two weeks The first casualty was a thoroughbred mart found dead in a loafing barn on October 11 The second to die was Buckskin Waggoner first quarter horse to beshown in Ontario and a 440 packages Over packages of Hallowe en candy were sold to aid the Kidney Foundation Volunteers sold the candy door champion barrel racer He died of pentonitis from a bullet which could not be removed Owner Roy rules out a hunting accident as the cause since three horses were Involved Horse owners in are concerned by the killings figuring that a person or persons is taking out a grudge against the lonsons or is demented Police are Investigating critical of brief Milton is pressing for a four unit with the count town and surrounding lands making up the central unit so it can have the pristine of the Kelso Con Area County Museum and Mohawk Raceway are within its borders Reeve Anne suggested this to Premier Bill Davis during a special meeting with him the Reeve told during a regular council mating last week The Reeve was referring to a meeting held two weeks ago at Queens Park At that time several county representatives presented Davis with Halton Council brief for a threeunit regional government setup Milton has sent a separate brief opposing the count plan to the Premier and other provincial officials Milton wants to be cen tral point of a unit which would contain portions of northern Oak and Burlington a part of Township and all of south of Discussion of the unit briefs was brought into focus at the council meeting when the councillors examined the somewhat lengthy Milton brief The brief contains arguments why Mil ton should be the focal point of a central unit A map with arrowsshowing how Milton sen ices such an area is also no matter of means will I read all this but we should look at the map stated the Reeve who then knocked it It i the map shows mad coming out of Mdton when the mail actually originates from Toronto There also no mention of the CampbelKille Post Of the Reeve declared Mrs added Milton was presenting a very small pit lure and that maybe Council should draw a Big red arrow on the map aimed towards Milton Township Deputy Reeve Don McMillan questioned Milton as the focal point for tele phone sen ice and fire protection Belt Canada has no relation to Milton it 5 an independent com I- ire protection is a joint effort of set Just Milton and the fire trucks could just as be based in claimed McMillan Councillor Jim Watson said he could see a reason for parts of north Oakville and joining with Mdton because of a but not Mrs MacArthur blasted the document frequently and her descriptions of it ranged from misleading to say the least to it t factual to false She also indicated concern that the province would not under stand the situation The people down there Queen Park dont really know where anything la At the urging of the Reeve all the councillors decided it was good idea If the township were to prepare a letter to the province outlining what they felt were mis conceptions In the Milton brief It was agreed that Reeve Deputy Reeve McMillan and acting clerk S iavage would prepare the More than a decade of Liberal representation In crumbled Monday night when PC candidate Terry Connor won the riding by scoring a win over liberal incumbent Whiting and challenger Carolyn Holstein Most recent results released from the returning officer headquarters show O Connor with Whiting with 20 and with votes Halton was one of ridings In Ontario the Liberals lost to the Tories In all the Liberals lost 27 seats in this province Early Tuesday morning it appeared the Liberals could form a minority government with 108 seats while the PC held 107 and four seats had yet to be decided NDP had scored 29 wins and the Socreds 14 Fate known early In Whiting fate was marked early in the evening Just minutes after the polls closed the tally boards in committee rooms around the county showed OConnor leading with to Whiting s and a Whiting had won the first poll reporting but soon trailed That set the trend and it never changed By eight clock O Connor had moved to a lead of votes An hour later that lead swelled to 1 700 and by 25 p jn the tally showed Whiting behind by votes The 24yearold school teacher and candidate Carolyn claimed of the votes that were cast About 300 Liberal supporters were gathered at the Pine Room in Arena to hear Whiting acknowledge defeat The glum dis crowd con trasted to the vibrant ecstatic group that had celebrated Whiting a victory In the same room in 1968 we hoped for but we have to accept what has happened I do You re the people who make it hard You supported the Liberal party through me I m most appreciative of your work and most grateful for the personal sacrifices you ve made If I had to do over again I t change anything I represented Halton the way I thought It should be represented We could have been In a blaze of glory tonight but there is another day and don you forget that Wish him best Both Terry Connor and Carolyn Holstein ran good campaigns and we did too I wish Terry the best of luck In Ottawa He II need it a voice from the back of the room shot out Meanwhile just a few blocks away Ken Gelok campaign chairman for Carolyn showed her a card with recent results that spelled doom for the NDP effort and suggested she prepare a short speech One of the few cheers emanated from the head quarters when a television reporter told of Trade Minister Jean Luc defeat by the Thanks workers While quiet chatting and remorse filled NDP and Liberal committee rooms around the riding a Jubilant and somewhat Continued on Pap Two The crowd remained lifeless until Whiting with his wife Anne entered the hall about 8 pm Hoisted onto tables by public relations chairman Slim Streek and Peter Waiters the defeated MP delivered bis final message to workers While Whiting managed to stay cabn there was no hiding his disappointment When you enter public life you have to expect these things to happen The results aren what CANDIDATE Mrs Carolyn talks with her campaign manager Ken Gelok at the NDP Oakville headquarters during Monday night election Gelok was the standard bearer for Halton East In last years provincial election J Jennings