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sr jfigl tribune october 27 1993 p3 attewell supporters stunned by landslide election 93 roger belgrave staff reporter there was lots of applause and some tears monday night as incumbent markham whitchurchstouffville mp bill attewell bowed out of the polit ical arena as were many tories on this night attewell was caught under a liberal landslide that has changed the face of federal politics about 300 party supporters gathered in a boardroom at the valhalla inn to watch the elec tion results being tallied a stunned crowd watched as canadas political landscape was dramatically changed leaving little room for the pro gressive conservatives before the tote boards in the room were even half full the outcome for attewell and his party became quite clear its very disappointing attewell said of the early returns its turning out to be an incredibly unique election with the rise of the bloc que- becois in quebec and the strength of reform attewell was reluctant to blame defeat on the miscues of the conservative partys national campaign although he did concede it made the local battle an uphill one attewell met the end grace fully surrounded by family friends and supporters he ven tured into the liberal camp to offer congratulations before addressing his own supporters its just been great weve met people and formed friend ships he also found time to joke while saying goodbye to the position he has held for the last eight years in the beginning attewell took office as part of the brian mulroney sweep in 1984 in the end his departure was pro pelled by mulroneys legacy what were going through tonight is the ebb and flow of political life attewell told everyone attewell hasnt decided what he will do now prior to his elec tion he was vicepresident with a large trust company right now he plans to spend some more time with his family attewell is among those inside and outside the party who see mondays results as a protest vote for the last three years the country has been mired in eco nomic recession and unemploy ment the conservatives have generated a great deal of anger and concern among canadians people understandably get emotional and lash out attewell remarked markham progressive con servative mpp don cousens said the party must learn from the statement voters made monday the party has to understand they have made some major mistakes and begin a return to basic principles he added governments arent voted in theyre voted out cousens con cluded mm above progressive conservative incumbent bill attewell arrived at the liberal campaign head quarters in markham to congratulate jag bhaduria with two of his supporters fromleft photosjoerd wftteveen marjorie nielsen and randy barber bhaduria hadnt arrived yet to accept attewells good wish es below jag bhaduria speaks to his supporters at the moghul restaurant in markham local national results make sherren concerned for canada julie caspersen staff reporter reform candidate joe sher ren forecasts tough times ahead for canadians following the liberal landslide i feel bad for you for this rid ing and for canada sherren told his supporters at 10 pm monday from the start liberal candi date jag bhaduria took the lead with progressive conser vative incumbent bill attewell and sherren neck and neck for second place sherren a political newcomer photosteve somebville reform party candidate joe sherren right watches results with his wife pj at a gathering of reformers at the 16th ave eatery in markham who led the reform partys debut in the riding managed to garner 23 per cent of the local vote the reform rally at the 16th ave eatery started out with the crowd cautiously optimistic according to sher- rens campaign manager ralph moore the large number of undecided voters didnt impact on campaign strategy as much as with seasoned parties we didnt attack it different ly because of the vote split moore said early in the evening the first priority was exposing sherren to a riding already familiar with attewell and bhaduria who were oppo nents in the 1988 race when bhaduria lost by 14000 votes we were rising out of nowhere said moore who has worked with sherren since he was nominated more than two years ago as the first poll results rolled in sherren said he was hoping for national opposition place ment for his party we want to be in a watchdog position but by 930 pm when the liberal edge signalled a clear cut victo ry sherren seems to realize his battle was over what im see ing is not making me happy residents talked of leaving the country instead of facing the consequences of a liberal majority government there was talk of the short memo ries of canadians referring to the almost unbroken 21year reign of the national liberals who were booted out of office in 1984 in favor of the conserva tives sherren predicts canadians will wake up in six months and wonder what happened after signing over a blank check to liberal leader jean chre tien the constituents of this rid ing are not going to be very well served by bhaduria said resident chris vanlane he said bhaduria was elected by riding the liberal wave and not on his strength as a politician its not very optimistic for small business according to dejected reform supporter cam amos even sherren said losing to bhaduria is a bitter pill to swallow and admitted that if the reform lost he would have preferred it was to attewell sherren would not publicly commit to carrying on as reform candidate even in the face of encouragement 1 kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 1 stouffville j ii mgggmmmggggmgm mi iiin 1 1 attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 4 a piece so far this year we have delivered 25144856 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouffville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman corners box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaskdale grcenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashburn 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