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tories win two halton ridings maiton mr oeoroe a kbtft burlington was swept back to office in tuesdays provincial election he polled 13791 votes which was almost as much as the combined total of his two challengers here aar kerr left is shown with the chall engers liberal jack lush and nop ted macdonald as they offer him congratulations at tuesday nights victory party g kerr sweeps halton west by big majority following the trend in most of the province incumbent haltorv aapp george kerr swept into a commanding lead early and went on to capture the new seat of halton west for the progressive conservatives in yesterdays provincial elec tion it was evident less than an hour after polls closed that george kerrs popularity with the voters had not waned and he would be returned to office by a substantial margin both nop candidate ted macdonald who ran second in his first bid for office and liberal standard bearer jack lush conceded defeat an hour and a half after the ballot count started halton west returning officer don mcmillan had the final compiliation of the results by 1030 p m tuesday night and a good picture of what was happening as early as 830 p m george kerr tallied 13791 votes in the 176 polls mad up of 169 regular and seven advance polls runnerup tad mcdonald was accorded 7859 votes and liberal jack lush chalked up 6395 kerrs big margin was in burlington where he counted 12501 votes which exceeded the combined total of the other two candidates macdonald got 7005 vote from the tame polls while lush garnered 5433 from the 149 polling station in acton 1541 voters from 10 polls gave kerr 608 votes macdonald 475 and lush 458 as 67 per cent of the 2319 eligible turned out to cast ballots nassagaweyas six polling stations drew 960 of a pos sible 1485 voters and they gave the incumbent pc 421 votes while jack lush came in second with 289 and ted macdonald assumed the last post with 250 sixtyfive per cent of the township voters braved drenching rain which soaked the entire riding all day to give kerr a big margin esquesing township electors also gave george kerr a mandate from four polls in the north end of the township he received 261 votes lush had 225 put an x beside hit nam and ted macdonald trailed well behind with 128- fiftyseven per cent of the eligible esquesing voters cast a ballot 614 of a possible 1 090 confusion about new electoral boundary continued on page 2 ninetythird year no 16 ht jufim jfftt fts authorized u second clan hall by the poat office dap ottawa for postage paid la cash at acton ontario acton ontario wednesday october 18 1967 sixteen pages ten cents two brookville students die in tragic city fire two young children from this uw dted la a lire at a toronto bora early sunday moraine dt- aptte frantic efforts by parents to reacoo them dad on dorothy nfclaren 10 and her stater debate 5 dugo- 4m afifor and jteav jferanta mclaren bjltbockwood the are also snuffed oat the llvas of sheryl harris 12 and tor slater carole 10 daughters of mr and mrs victor harris falnnoont crescent toronto the mclaren family had jnst moved during the summer to xassagaweya township from brampton and have built a new sons there dabble is in kindergarten at brookville school and dorothy is in grade four kenneth trowbridge principal of the school said the girls tragic death was turd to accept they will be missed by every body who knew them john root keeps seat redlatrlhatlon produced the new riding of welungton-dutter- ln which longkline member of parliament john boot contested to victory tuesday allan rlnuntr hillsburg the kttp candidate and maxwell johmaon grand valley the lib eral candidate conceded the el ection early in the evening the two families who some times went camping together were njewnng the weekend to gether in the harris home on falrmomt crescent in toronto the tour girls wan trapped in a bedroom on the third floor another couple were also visiting mr mclaren who attempted to fight the fire with water in a futile attempt was treated for burned bands his wife eve was treated for shock four firemen were also injured the funeral service is at the bumteyshcemakar tuners home acton at 1 pm on wednesday- how halton voted the following are unofficial tabulations of tuesdays voting in halton east and halton west ridings figures were supplied by the returning officers in each riding and are subect to change and clarification at a later date the halton east figures were visibly mixed up due to errors made by the deputy returning officers who filed their reports by telephone a recount of ballots in this riding has been hinted nassagaweya acton burlington esquesing total oakville georgetown milton esquesing total with a bio mug for his wife barbara and son jim jr halton easts new aa pp jim snow celebrates his close victory in tuesdays elec tion it was a neckandneck race for most of tuesday evening as results from 167 polling stations in the riding were received snow finally took the lead and won by 102 votes over liberal candidate robin skuce staff photo kerr lush haacdonald 421 289 250 608 458 475 12501 5423 7858 261 225 128 13791 6395 7858 snow skuce gillies 6624 6824 4392 1359 1259 1048 1014 967 562 813 658 383 9810 9708 6385 receive over 100 calls for ejection mght results with heller and co phone hat anted to the two in the free press office calls triced in on staffer who ware readtngouttbe latent information all tuesday evening pour free press and stater paper caaartha cbampioa re porters war at returning offic ers qsartersanrt campaign oauters during the evening back hntton east and halton west results as they were given to ratarnlag officers don atemulaa for batten wast in buxnagton and alton masson for hasten bast in oakvute ara dute took tne cans in milton main st othce tented to tea caaiaploa office j bote unas were comnaaity osay sd pacnad team in to ac ton over hellers una bringing tnto nan two business baas not required la tea daytime attended ft foremidtng of news irons previoas years when busy i ceased a daisy the first call a wasted one came at tan minutes after eight it was a little optimistic with the polls only closing at a a second query was five minutes later the first results for bote hal ton west sad halton east came at too and additions to the fig ures and inquiries came thick and tut thereafter over 100 calls war answered in the free press news office giving kerr- ent events the two wellington doing re sults were given too it looks una kerrs going to get it son of tea first callers prophesied of aso eligible voters in ten polls la acton 1559 cast votes tuesday and in the advance poll or almost 67 per cent some expected even fewer due to the anylong drenching rain- ttw candidates night brought only 80 outprovlncial leaders werent met by crowds of dtlsens still the response was better than in some elections acton headquarters rooms were noisy but the excitement was contained final results were in there for acton and esquesing about 84s pm and callers came in out of the rain to hear the news while phones rang in termittently for a critical tew hours in the middle of voting day the phone in the conservative rooms was outoforder the people mann ing the booth noticed the calls for information and sites stopped suddenly the repairman whod report edly teen stuck in the mud made repairs before the even ings returns started coming in the campaign hadnt generated particular enthusiasm the meet what old one ibm card say to the other rm hotter than thou second place again for mayor les duby this time for plowing placing second got to be a habit with mayor les duby on the weekend after coming a close second in the mayors thanksgiving walking race in goelph he re peated the bridesmaidneve rthe bride performance at the inter national plowing match he was entered with 21 other mayors in the special mayors class on saturday at the joe cochrane farm near barrle wearing a beary sweater with buffalo design and french- canadian toque actons mayor who went alone discovered many of the other mayors had able coaches along with them he ruefully recalled his plow ing experience almost all he did used to borrow bert david sons tractor to plow his acre bat that was all the practice he gocand that was 17 years ago well he met albert gray an old rockwood plowman who star ted to give mr duby a series of hints that likely made the vital duterence between crooked and straight furrows after he drew positions and land he started in alone while others called to their coaches ana even patted the earth the judges to mr dubys phone calls hoax surprise narrowed the winners down to three and he was one of them finally alter duoculty they handed the trophy to allan pletx the mayor of wettand second place and a hearty yrfw vent to actons jo vial entrant third and another handshake to charles lnndy of donnvine halton warden ball counter was entered in the wardens class wednesday there was n teg crowd at the match on the final day with five heucopters circling overhead reports have been re ceived by the free press of someone impersonating a reporter phoning for news stories and advertis ing over the weekend unless something has happened on your doorstep or you are familiar with an incident it isnt utah au- one from this newspaper would contact someone over the weekend we advise readers to to cautious about such calls and notify police if you suspect it is merely a dodge to find out if some one is at home many wortoa bmk m mlpp liberal incumbent barry wor toa was returned as acpjp tor wellington south with 1j8m vot es pc norm jary polled 8234 followed by dr eugene benson of the njxp with 6134 votes recount possible in halton east in an election night battle of the ballots that literally seesawed for close to three hours progressive conservative candidate james e jim snow emerged as the probable win ner of the ontario legislature seat in the new halton east rid ing on tuesday evening the latest figures available from returning officer allan m aaassons office in oekville showed snow held a tlim 102- vote lead over his closest rival liberal candidate robin skuce the totals unofficial until they are checked over more thor oughly by the returning officer and his staff showed snow with 9810 votes and skuce with 9708 third man in the race ndp standard bearer william gillies had a total of 6385 votes the spoiled ballots brought the total vote to approximately 26000 over 40000 were eligible questioned eerly this morning wednesday about the possibility of a recount being demanded skuce said he was not yet sure but it is a distinct possibility he explained there were no actual figures on the spoiled ballon but it was be lieved there were around 100 he also heard from his scrutin eers that in polling booths in the north end of the county tide marks were not allowed yet the deputy returning officers counted ticks as good ballots in some of the oakvllle polls there certainly was a difference in the figures he said at one point in the evening mr masson telephoned our committee rooms to see what figures we had it was a shaky victory for jim snow but a victory nevertheless and conservative supporters whooped it up at his hornby home well into the wee hours of wednesday morning while the victory party was starting mr snow was standing around the returning officers headquarters in the oekville town hall watching as clerks tallied and retllid the results when the final polling booth was heard from shortly before 11 p m the unofficial figures showed snow held s 160- vote lead however soon afterward clerks at the return ing officers found 40 more skuce votes in the figures received from a milton poll in checking this out they found another error that narrowed the tories lead to 102 for a brand new riding it wei probably the most exciting election night that will ever be witnessed through out the evening the two leading candidates staged a s saw battle of votes election return centra in oakvilles municipal build ing was a hive of activity telepho rang to report results from the 167 polls around the riding in on room jjmft machines punched out the tabulations in the next and in third room e group of ladies answered voters queries and passed on results tabulations were rushed into the council chamber where the press room was full of newspaper and radio re porters who leaped for the telephones each time new results were posted on the blackboard the first poll to report was the advance poll from milton telephoned in at 9 05 p m which gave snow 45 skuce 22 and gillies one vote pundits in th audience quickly sesessed the results as en indication of the outcome but they were soon proven wrong twenty minutes later a total of 22 polls had skuce leading snow by 13 votes the liberal- lead di seven minutes later when clerks posted the total of 43 polls giving snow a 26vote margin skuce jumped bade into th lead once more just three minutes later when 54 polls totall ed him a 33vote lead again by 842 prn with 70 polls heard from skuces lead diminished to a mere six vote snow finally took ever the lead at nine oclock and never really relinquished it with 105 polls of the 143 re ported by en hour after the polls closed snows lead was 40 votes it dropped to lo votes after 121 polls rot to 36 after 135 leaped to 137 after 141 up again to 264 after 141 dropped to 185 after 149 and fell again to 162 after 156 polls were heard from gillies meanwhile trailed miserably he won out in about 25 of the voting districts but fall down badly in rnany of the polls georgetown voters put him within 200 vote of skuce who only trailed snow by 60 votes in that munici pality skuce and snow at the same time ware trading victor ies in individual polls snow won 73 in th esquesing polls and skuce won 107 in the milton noils in con mm id on pane 2