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Wed Decembers 1976 Voting at Dont slip up productive work housekeeping says Take a closer look at your Clean up don t slip up DonGordon Milton mayor MAYOR Councillor Don Gordon defeated Mayor Anne Mac Arthur In what has to be cnbed as one of the tightest races in the history of town Gordon squeaked to victory with a narrow margin of 145 votes Gordon never held a sub stantial lead during the evening and in fact lost that lead at points More than 200 people watched results come in at election headquarters In Milton Memorial Arena Monday night For much of theevenlng the two were within a dozen votes of each other and each new posting of results from an other poll carried with it the possibility of a change in leadership In Mayor rode into office with what seemed a nominal margin of votes Now three years later she has been defeated by an even more undecisive electorate Gordon brings with him three new faces to the council table Brian Penman will hold Gordon old seat representing ward one while Rose Harrison and MeCready will fill the two vacant seats in urban Milton Gordon credited hard work as the key his success In contract lo the campaign he ran a low profile THE RESULTS were in when regional councillor campaign without even a Jim Watson right arrived at the Lions Hall to campaign discuss the race with Milton Mayorelect Don hls Gordon hit the streets three weeks ago conducted an exhausting Incumbents back With the exception of Milton Mayor Mic Arthur all sitting members of Milton Council who con tested positions were re turned to office in night election Veterans Art and KranU topped the urb in contest polling and 1 J77 respective Emmerson Mc Cready and Rose Harrison will join the incumbents at the council table with votes almost GOO voles ahead of Mrs Blanche Hinlon ran a dose fifth followed by Gord Don Lambert Lester Wood Don McColeman and Russell Area councillor Jim was successful in his bid to move up to the regioml level defeating Gus 2 159 to As an area councillor Kerr had been popular topping the polls in ward two Bill retained his ward two scat on the board of education with no difficulty defeating Paul Richards to Top poll Incumbent Hick Day topped the polls in ward one with votes Brian Penman Irene Saunders and John Lawrence competed for the second ward one scit An educator Pen is one of the three new fices that will come to the board table in January Incumbent Jim Watson withstood a challenge from Don McMillan winning 121B to Watson defeated three years ago in the first regional race Ivan Armstrong won his bid return to the board of education served is an urban Milton trustee on Ihe board of education in 1973 but lost his scat to Bill in than challenge Lawson this time out Arm strong ran in wards one and Ihrce and will fill a seat vacated by veteran trustee Doug Woods Neil johnson Arm strong a close run for Ins money losing by votes Knoflach also ran but polled well below Arm strong and Johnson Brad Clements topped the polls in a four wiy race with 842 voles followed with votes Newton with 41G votes for Howard Carney Both back Both Clements and were acclaimed in the last election Mr Carney had attended council meetings on a regular basis since September and had put up what observers thought was a creditable fight Newton campaigned largely on her desire to secede from the region The fact that she ran as well as she did might be an indicator of the animosity people in a feel for regional government door knocking campaign rapping on more than 4 doors Gordon said he had five or six people he met with and accepted advice from but he reserved Ihe task of door knocking for him and his wife No butterflies Gordon said he had been confident but not over confident going into Monday night It s my sixth election This might sound odd but I never had any butterflies Asked if he would take a different approach at the regional level Mr Gordon said he would want to discuss the industrial amendment with new members of council before taking a stand at the region He said he would continue to support Milton position opposing a major landfill site in Milton and he would also oppose any move to abandon the chargeback system Both Milton and Hills of have opposed moves towards equalized assess ment It was midnight before Mrs MacArthur appeared at of the people who had been there for the evening had left by then to go lo victory parties or home to bed The defeated mayor made no effort to conceal her bitter ness After thanking cam manager Doug Foley and others who campaigned for her she told those who re mained that she fell the had voted for change for change sake ind thai she I feel would be a change in Milton best in leresl It is obvious to mc now that it is not what you can do what you are able to do or what you hive proven you can do counts It cast of for sake and a change that is not particularly in Milton beat interest I ask councillors lo work hard for me lo keep Milton on the path we so ably put it on Unified Milton 1 still say no one could have unified Milton the way I did She said she felt she had been right on the stands she tot and hoped that council would carry on her philosophy Milton is still my home not my new home I hove a rest coming to me 1 been working since I was seven years old and this is probably the best thing that could have happened to me On her way into Ihe room the mayor did congra Gordon but she shook his hand and then moved quickly to a spot in the room to speak She left quickly acknowledging supporters as she In all she wasn t at the hall more than minutes Most councillors chose not 10 publicly support cither candidate during Ihe cam was generally felt that most of the incumbents supported the reelection of the mayor Get behind him area councillor had campaigned for the Mayor during the election When the results were known he said councillors would have to get behind the new mayor 1 hope Gordon can come as close to excellence as Anne did She look on an impossible task both at the region and with the town financially She moved the town ahead and spent a lot of lime in ration lo do it The urban ward swung the election for Gordon with a Out j99 lhal Mrs MacArihur won Nas 1 votes but she gave up in her winl MAYOR Gordon MacArthur 2891 REGION Ward 2 Ward 3 McMillan 954 Watson 1218 COUNCIL Ward Cartwnght Harnson Lambert McColeman Wood Dny Lawrence Penman Saunders Ward Carney Clements Newton work Many serious accidents and health hazards are caused by poor housekeeping cautions the Industrial Accident Pre vent Association Materials and scrap scattered around liquid cleansers or lools lefl within the reach of small children all these things could cause injuries damage and less SCRAP Copper Brass All Types of Metal Cars Trucks For Wrecking Lees Auto Wreckers 1 Acton 8532866 Crewton Cornen 1977 690 973 BOARD OF EDUCATION Ward 1 Armstrong Johnson 710 Ward 2 Lawson 2021 Gordon won in his home ward capturing voles but he gave up i votes lit ward Mrs MacArthur won all ward three polls while Gordon won six of the seven polls in his home ward n j of the urban wards and it was the in ward serving as neutral territory that told Ihe story TO THE ELECTORS OF HALTONHILLS MANY THANKS FOR RETURNING ME TO OFFICE AS YOUR MAYOR FOR ANOTHER TERM YOUR CONFIDENCE IN CHOOSING ME IS GREATLY APPRECIATED Season s Greetings Tom Hill Hobby farmers study horses by J The December meeting of the Hobby Farmers was held at the Office Milton on Thursday Dec ember 2nd Guest speaker was George from Kilbride Mr cussed conformation in horses and suggested ways to avoid being taken when deal with in experienced horseman general discussion followed concerning the feed Biggest upset in region Mary Burl ington Mayor George Harrington ending ton s nine year slint in the mayor Thai was pro bably one of the biggest up sets in the region Mental health The Ministry of Health has administer the service approved a proposal for fund a community mental health service for 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