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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, January 24, 2006 -A5 Carr says split vote resflted in his defeat Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Gary Car awaits voting resuits at his election headquarters Iast nught. By STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion Gary Carr wasn't about to admit defeat until he absolutely had to. Long after Conservative rival Garth Turner had declared viciory. Mr. Carr refused to concede. saying il svas too) early. Jovial until the end, Mr. Carr coniinued shaking hands and ihanking bis volhinteers, using the same phrase over and <ver svhen questioned about bis apparent loss. -We jusi bave to shait and sec.' And Ihert. arounid 12:30 a.rn. wvith just a handful of piolis leh. il was linally oser. There s'as no impas- sioied speech ai the end. just a less comments 10 reporters. sînce many of bis volunteers and support- ers had already left. *'We obviously ran a s ery good cainpaigi -îi svas veîy close,- hie 'aid t'rom bis Main Street catit paign office. Mr. Turner betai out Mr. C.irr by abotut 2000X voies, oir ihrce per cent. Mr. Carr said one ofl the re.sîiiis he dîdn*i conicede as sismn as lie could hase. s hie w as w aiting iii (md oîui if the .idsanice pic1ling niunibers w ere included iii the numrbers lie w as recelsi~ To vw liai dtoes lie atiribuie flic final ially anid hi'. deteai. A risc nr support l'or the NDP and Greeni MeanSClni (osinetie Surgery Mîssissauga's Centre For: " Facelift " Tummy Tuck * Breast Enhancement * Liposuction Alternative Therapies & Skin Care * Collagen aRestylane -Juvedem Spider Veina 0 IL Photo-rejuvenation -Spider Veins *Hair Remnoval è Skmn Tx - Biopbora Skin Ceuticals * Botox AGNE THERAPY:» Avold An7tibioliea and A4ccutanal aEffective topical treatments - BIu-U Iight therapy e Zeno portable clearing device Sussex Centre, Suite 343 Dr. Hugh A. McLean, FRCS(C) 50 Burnhamnthorpe Road West PLASTIC SURGEON Mississauga, L5B 3C2 Cosnierti Surgerv: Face, Breast & BodY (905) 273-4888 1-866-393-9433 u,'ww.mleancliic.n l Party, splitting the non- Conservative votes, hie said at the end of the nighi. "Kyle and Anwar ran good campaigris," hie said. As campaigners posted resuits from the poils, il was clear at the beginning of the night Ihat the race would be a close one. in many polis. Mr. Carr and Mr. Turner were separated by just a handful of votes, sometimes just a couple. When Mr. Carr firsi showed up at bis offlice just aller Il p.m. ici a round of' applause, hie appeared to be in good spirits and thanked aIl bis vîclunteers as svell as bis svife, Teresa. He speni the nexi hour, as flhe poil results slosvly irickled in. îhankikîng bis vuîlunteers one by oîte. Mr. Carr compared last night's neck-în-neck batîle to bis experience vying for - and winning - the Memorial Cup during bis days as a junior goalie. Both races, hie said, went 10 the very limit. Although defeat is neyer easy, good things were accomplished during hîs year-and-a-half in office, hie saîd. Some of the Liberals' noieworthy feats camne in the areas of health and child care. Mr. Carr also brought up yesîerday's announcerneni cil massive laycilfs ai Ford Motor Co., and saîd il was the $100,000 the Liberals put ini(i tîte Oakville Ford plant thai kept tbose local jobs safe. "We did a very good Jotb. l'm pleased svith the effort vse had over the past 17 mnnths. We gave the riding a gcîod chance," hie saîd, Garth Turner (Conservative) Gary Carr (Liberal) Anwar Naqvii (NDP) Kyle Grice (Green Party) smiling. He hasn't made any firm plans of what belIl do next in the politicai realm, hie said. AIli be knows for now is spending time with bis family is ai the top of bis list. He said he'll caîl Mr. Turner today. Mr. Carr was firsI elected in 19901 as an MPP in Oakville. In 1999, hie svas elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and beld that posi- tion until 2003. Prior to bis run as Halton's MPR Mr. CarT was a provincial Progressive Conservative. Stephainie Tliiescen roui he reaclîed cil .sthiecse,î @'milt<nîcanadi- outc/icipion.cîm. 30,578 28,498 6,110 4,026 If's never too early to start thinking about retiremnent. The soorýer Rlea a fund' ptros et ociosuit an your invesimen poesionalybfr mvsing. Mal fun e nt arte d t er au c halt rtrmnge frcoequn an. Asi errnace y ot bsei reace.Ietorwicll y matst nagen mresd expnsesav may a osson ortrin mans at nia eAerne ao gan orv losa eo id nwn ta orpa e wrd. in fo.,mr y hnd Fideh y o leuPth ld retee te k inof me.o HAsO RIDN eEUT UNFI