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APRIL 25 C <¢ ul | _ "We have not had a clean, proper | voters' list in the City of Toronto! | for many years," he said. "Part of | ElECTlON EVllS :'h'fi'ls due to the fact that au-- . ; | | thority is not vested in any one | | man for preparing an accurate list. | The clerk makes up his list from | 1 the assessment roll, but he does not depend on it entirely. Many l names are carried over from previ-- BUT B".I. lOSES | Ous lists, and this results in many | inaccuracies." 'Sfl.\fl 4,700 Dead on List. "'I Can vouch for that," said Col. Roebuck Measure to Force E. fraser Hunter (Lib., 'Toronto:-- . . ol,. Patrick). "I have absolute pmofl Compilation Annually of |that in my own riding alone 4,700 | t p names of persons who have ied ' Voters' List Unaccepfable were on the list at the last (:llet('3 tion." at Presenf. SGyS CI'OSS "Twelve thousand cards wore re-- esmmmmrmrmerrmm lurned to the City Clerk of Toron-- COST TOO HIGH CLA'M ln,".Mr. Roebuck added, "repre-- # senting voters who could not be ces rcjund. There is plenty of proof all Althougzh members on both sides ; right." of the House expressed the belief that there were evils in Ontario's municipal election machinery which stood in need of correction, the On-- tario Legislature yesterday defeated on seconund. Ltading_a bill to amend the Voters'.List_Act, sponsored by A,. W. Roebuck (Lib., Toronto--Bell-- . woods) after lengthy debate. The bill would require the clerk of every municipality to compile a correct voters' list annually. Ruled by Hon. Eric Cross, Min-- ister of Municipal Affairs, as "not acceptable to the government," the measure was voted down over its j sponsor's plea that a House commil-' tee be appointed to study its terms and present it again, possibly in ; amended form, before the session prorogued. Allan Lamport (Lib., Toronto--St. David) expressed the conviction that the bill was being introduced as a direct result of representations re» \ cently made by Lewis Duncan, To-- ronto barrister, who was defeated in the 1939 mayoralty election. Might Cost City $150,000. "If Mr. Duncan wants to get leg-- islation like this passed, and if he has the names of violators of the act in his possession and will not give them to properly instituted committees, he's as guilty as they . \are," he said, in opposing the bill. \ "The changes suggested by this 1 'mnasure would cost the City of To-- |ronto at least $150,000 to imple-- s > | ment." | _ Mr. Cross, in voicing government \opposition to the measure, said | there had been no demand from any | Ontario municipalities except To-- ronto for a change in regulations, | and that the extra costs involved . should not be saddled on municipal-- | ities when the demand had come only from one city. | "It is evident from the dobale' I that the evils this bill seeks to | correct exist at present mainly in 1 Toronto," he said. "I'm more con-- cerned with the item of expense I involved than with the particular | case in point. The cost has not been / demonstrated, but it is evident * | that it would be a considerable fac-- tor. The bill should not be proceed-- ed with, as it is not acceptable to the government." In his introduction of the mea-- sure for second reading, Mr. Roe-- buck said its object was to improve the "very marked evil conditions obtaining in Toronto at least." N y ie ETi on