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defeated liberal candidate gail newall ponders the results coming in on election night bill lanning pc loses close one in durham- york by denise mcdonald it was a subdued crowd that held vigil at ross stevensons stouffville campaign headquar ters thursday night and later accepted news of the pc incum bents loss in the riding of durhamyork despite the fact early returns indicated liberal candidate bill ballinger to be holding substan tial leads in many polls backers of mr stevenson remained un daunted refusing to accept de feat as long as were close going into the far turn weve still got a chance said one optimistic sup porter however such was not to be as polling stations at the ballantrae community centre and the stouffville sales barn backed ballinger strongly mr stevenson secured a marginal lead at pre stons lake and while counting on uxbridge to pull the progressive conserva tive candidate into at least a tie mr ballinger in turn showed sur prising strength in other areas although emotions were sup- ressed and few opinions express ed some were heard to remark on the surprising support accorded candidate ken canning of the family coalition one person sug gested that the fcp was responsi ble for mr stevensons defeat ndp a distant 3rd in election by maxine share about 20 ndp campaign work ers clustered around a wide- screen television set thursday night to learn their candidate anne swarbrick finished a dis appointing third in markham riding she managed to garner only 4173 votes of 43384 cast in the rid ing where don cousens emerged victorious in a tight race with liberal gail newall david peter sons liberals swept the province by taking 94 of 130 seats i really think our voters were caught between wanting to par ticipate in a liberal sweep and wanting to keep don cousens in office for the work hes done local ly said a tired ms swarbrick right now im looking forward to a good nights sleep she said she did not realisti- i cally expect to win this election but participated because its im portant to give the ndp viewpoint regardless of a win or loss mrs swarbricks campaign manager chris olsen conceded i care whether we win or not but i care more that the ndps posi tion is wellknown in the riding informing people is part of the process of building the party he said however ms swarbrick said she was hoping for at least a 15 iet would allow us to get back a max imum of 9000 from the elections expenses commission that money would provide a good base for the next election added mrs swarbrick whose campaign cost somewhere be tween 11000 and 12000 the 35yearold unionville resi dent said she is thrilled the ndp will be the official opposition par ty after winning 19 seats they had 25 seats in the last legislature but is disturbed at the size of the liberal victory theres a lot of trepidation ab out a majority she said this type of government makes its members complacent democra cy works better when people are constantly challenging their gov ernment its important that issues get debated well in spite of her loss ms swar brick made a lasting impression on many markham residents according to councillor frank scarpitti- many people were very im pressed with her he said during a cable 10 broadcast election night he suggested that shes the right woman with the wrong party later when ms swarbrick was asked about her association with gail newall ms swarbrick said the liberal candidate is a lovely liberals stunned by loss by steve houston staff reporter markham liberal supporters are still reeling from gail newalls defeat thursday night in the face of sweeping victories across ontario by the peterson government but determined liberal suppor ters remained confident to the end before a sombre gail newall ack nowledged defeat to incumbent conservative candidate mpp don cousens at around 10 pm she conceded the loss to approx imately 150 supporters at mar- khams chimo hotel after a night of seesawing results that even tually saw mr cousens squeak by with a 600vote margin unofficial returning office re sults show that ms newall gar nered 18541 votes of the 43384 cast only 597 less than her main competitor in the race early in election night a skeleton crew of campaign staff worked diligently at ms newalls hwy 7 headquarters co ordinating poll vigils and hand ling last minute calls upstairs a lone worker sifted through a list of local grit suppor ters in a lastminute scramble to ensure votes but their efforts and the sweep ing popularity of the liberals in ontario werent enough to gain victory for the newall camp in markham after final results were tallied a disappointed but composed ms newall called on supporters to rally around for the next four years of liberal rule i have to tell you that i lost the riding said ms newall to a hushed crowd of party faithful two years ago we lost the rid ing by 5000 votes she continued tonight i understand were in the range of about 500 were strong in markham and every body knows it she said mr cousens local popularity carried him to victory in the polls but vowed the liberals would return next election following her speech she accepted condolences and con gratulations before heading up to the cousens victory party to sa lute her opponent in a subsequent interview ms newall called her campaign a success and said anything can happen in the next four years she also hinted she would re turn to seek the nomination in markham again my interest in politics goes a long way back so it may well still go a long way forward she said sex attack at denison park a markham woman was sex ually assaulted at denison park near kennedy rd wednesday evening said police police are looking for a male suspect with blonde hair and blue eyes about 1718 years old he was wearing a yellow tshirt with the name bill on the back and rid ing a childs bike at the time of the attack gunshots fired at local home police charged a youth with careless use of a firearm after several gunshots were fired at a markham home according to police reports several shots were fired through tbe window of a barrington cr hdnrt-ih-late-july- weekender september 12 1987 p3 don cousens addresses his workers after defeating liberal gail newall in a close contest sjoerd witteveen cousens touted as hopeful for pc leadership by paul pivato staff reporter still savoring a hardfought election victory don cousens has now emerged as a possible candi date for leader of the progressive conservative party tory supporters in markham are urging mr cousens to seek the leadership in light of larry grossmans shocking defeat and subsequent resignation but mr cousens said he has no plan to go after the leadership crown speaking moments after squeaking out a win in mar- khams seesaw battle mr cousens avoided questions about the leadership saying his main objective is to fight to make sure our party stays strong however he also said he hasnt ruled out a run for the tory lead ership i dont know he said im always available to help where i can help mr cousens considered run ning for the conservative lead ership after frank miller res igned following the tories fall from power in 1985 speaking before supporters at a victory party on election night markhams newly reelected mpp said what this party will require in the weeks and months ahead is strengthening and not separation amidst cheers and applause supporters shouted don for leader conservative canvass chair man audrey pickard raised mr cousens arm in a victory salute and said this man will build a new party she was clearly referring to mr cousens bolstered status in a par ty ravaged by a massive liberal victory tory supporters were tense be fore poll results flowed in many of them admitting they were nervous and worried but once most poll results were reported the approximately 200 supporters grew confident that mr cousens could edge liberal challenger gail newall after his victory was assured a jubilant mr cousens entered the room where his supporters were waiting he shouted and punched the air stopping to hug party faithful and at one point broke out into a jig asked about his leadership potential supporter sandi gross man said mr cousens was lead ership material i think he can lead the party said supporter walter ho of thor- nhill it would have to be up to don although mr cousens praised former leader larry grossman and called his resignation a great loss party executive members admitted that their strategy was to distance them selves from the unpopular grossman saying mr cousens was able to override the adversity of the leader personal assistant rob anderson said we dissociated ourselves in general from the par- ty and i believe thats the only reason we came out ahead mr cousens called his victory a real accomplishment with such a liberal sweep across the province he is one of only two metroarea pc candidates to get reelected we deliver wc can deliver your flyer for as little as 3 se each call advertising at 2942200 or 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