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Harry Greene thrashed by PCs Greene crushed Beattie landslide in western riding Hy NANCY FltilEROA Of The Examiner RANGEVILLE The polls were closed only one hour but they knew they knew Harry Greene liberal candidate WelliiigtoiiltlufferinSimcoe would lose the entire Liberal party would lose All night long phones rang at Greenes campaign head quarters llis staff tried to sound cheery while telling supr porters of the increasingly bad news At the beginning of the night theyd say We havent won one poll yet but theres lot left to come As the night edged on however they said No we havent won one yet actually itsort ofthe pits Still later in the evening calls of Hows it going received no fooling no pretending answers Awful reply Occasionally the gloom was broken with cries of weve won one The cry however was heard exactly five times Of the 2+1 polling stations in the riding the Liberals captured six including only one in Greenes hometown of Orangevillc As Diane Watt headquarters chairman said to one caller Things are looking very good for lr Beattie llcs doubling us in almost every poll lruc enough Bcattie topped the polls with 25801 votes With 11333 votes Grcciic followed with less than half the winning vote Meanwhile Jeff Koechlin New Democratic Party can didate attracted 4951 votes party following the results Greene said the vote was strong vote against Pierre Elliott lrudeau But hes not the root of the cause hes just the focus of discon tent said Greene Warning his supporters not to be downhcarted lrccnc S£ltl Now we have an op poitunity to see if they the PC gains seat dog Doug Lewis newly elected Progressive Conservative for the federal riding of Simcoe North made one campaign pror inisc which the recipients in tend to make sure he keeps It has nothing to do with creating more jobs or industry in the county or keeping taiiadas resources for tanadisns issues often debated in the campaign but deals with issues much closer to home Right in the home in fact his own The Pt candidate promised his three daughters Penny 10 Gillian and Susan that if he won he would give them dog We are going to get golden retriever because my dad was usually the won said Penny And hed better not go back on it Mrs Lewis confirmed the promise to the children had been made But they dont know when it IS coming she said While dad may deliver his promised pet it appears he wont be held responsible for looking after it This says Mrs Lewis is part of the deal When he goes to Ottawa the dog can come in she says Conservatives can come through on the things they said Perhaps the most difficult defeat for Greene to accept however was not his own but that of his friend Barney Dan son minister of defence Danson was one of the Liberal heavyweights who campaigned for Greene was very surprised by Mr Dansons defeat he said Greene said however he im agined even the Conservatives were surprised by the outcome of the election The thing for Canadians to do now Greene told his suplt porters is to be optimistic The next period of time is go ing to be very fascinating in Canada he said Weve got to harness Canadas will to work together Weve got tough fight ahead and it will take everything weve got to hold our place in the world But what about future plans for Greene owner of Orangevilles Canadian Tire Store Oh its business as usual tomorrow he said look ing less than his itsyears and none the worse for having com pleted two months of constant campaigning Ill still do my best at mak ing jobs and helping to keep Canada prosperous make this party Clll victory of shorts popular vote vote Lynn said POllEl 20 per cent Wessengcr said Clark vote on the other extreme disappointment Lynn said the NDP Lynn said row No tears in Mudville By TERRY FIELD The Examiner There ice at the bar and theres food on the tables lets Some 125 people were at the NDP reception in the base ment of the Oddfellows hall on Ferris Lane Their candidate for Simcoe South Gaye Lamb was out of the running but rather than licking their wounds they behind the above rallying cry gathered around the television and watched as the party made gains across the prairies The race for Lamb was over from the moment the first polling results were phoned to her Dunlop St headquarters That first poll was remarkably accurate indicator of the final count as Progressive Conservative Ron Stewart took 50 per cent Liberal Ray Ramsay 30 per cent and Lamb 20 per We got clobbered Lambs campaign manager Paul Wessengcr told The Examiner Yet tcssengcr Lamb and Don Lynn president of the Simcoe South NDP riding association viewed the showing as It victory because we gained jxrccntagc points in the Lamb told her supporters gln the federal election of 1074 with Barrie part of the Simcoe North riding the NDP polled some 13 per cent of the lucsdays results show that Lamb earned some 20 per cent of the vote in Simcoe South and Payne Bullen polled closer to 23 per cent of the votes cast in Simcoe North Quite frankly thought we were going to be closer He told party workers the NDP got caught in the crossfire between the antiTrudeau vote on one side and the mm In Simcoe South the issue was leadership Iessenger said and the hatred of Prime Despite the claims of minor victory there was some We were very much hoping wed do better than we did Im pleased that we got out the number of party workers we lid lt strengthened the party locally Lynn also expressed disapointment that more people did not vote for Ed Broadbent by supporting the NDP can didates when many had said throu they preferred him to either Clark or Trudeau It seems as if there is preconditioned prejudice against As for Lamb Im ready to go out and start again toniorr By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Seconds before the polls clos ed the atmosphere in Ben Stewarts Tory committee room resembled the pregame locker room of team confident of clinching championship For Progressive Conser vative campaign workers it wasnt question of who would win the Simcoe South riding The question was how wide Mitges takes riding By LORI OIIEN Of The Examiner OWEN SOUND Dr Gus Mitges reclected Progressive Conservative MP GreySimcoe Tuesday night knew hed win his riding but had no idea hed be swept into victory with 20901 votes out of possible 49436 was completely surpris ed Dr Mitges former veterinary surgeon and Owen Sound councillor said ex pected the same majority as last time which was 2700 votes would have been satisfied withthat He was pleasantly surpris ed to learn that he beat Jack Morgan liberal candidate in his home area of Meaford Although surprised he said he recalled attending an all candidates meeting in Meaford during the election where threequarters of the people there were PC supporters Morgan obtained 11191 votes Bill Proud New Democratic Party candidate 5575 votes Bill Shannon Libertarian 295 votes and Bruce Arnold Social Credit 160 votes This campaign was the most difficult of the last three federal election campaigns Dr Mitges said because of the new territory in areas such as Artemesia and Proton added on to the riding because of redistribution It was hard campaign he admitted lost 12 pounds But feel great He said addition of new areas gave him more reason to get out and meet new people He said meeting people has always been his forte JAMMEI QlARTERS Dr Mitges campaign head quarters in Owen Sound was jammed with supporters Tues day night as results from the 224 polling stations came in rapid succession Almost immediately they knew it was Dr Mitges ballgaine and he received loud round of applause as he entered the office The cheering didnt stop until the office clos ed at about 1030 pm and the celebration was transferred to the Markdale Community Cen tre the site of Dr Mitgcs vicr tory party My success is tribute to all my campaign workers more than 1000 in the riding who worked behind the scenes and left me free for campaigning Dr Mitges said Minister Pierre Trudeau was ghout the campaign that would the margin be between Stewart and his two opponents Workers were tensed and ex cited anticipating romp for their candidate They werent disappointed The nights trend was sét with the first telephone poll results Two polls reported showing Stewart with nearly double the votes of Liberal Ray Ramsay and triple the ballots cast for NDP Gaye Lamb By 830 pm worker declared Stewart winner and it was prophetic proclamar tion Then came the flood Results poured in from all parts of the riding Poll statistics showed Stewart sweeping all but few polls Bradford Tottenham and Angus areas of concern for election Progressive Conservative party supporters watch intently as election results come in over the television set up in Simcoe South PC candidate Watching results Stewart voted Tory this elec about tion Stewarts early lead on Ram say held throughout the night always double the Liberal can didatcs votes Attention in the committee room soon shifted to nationwide results much more in teresting race Hoots and laughter greeted announcements of trailing Liberal cabinet ministers as 73 come in 30 persons huddled around two television sets there cheer sounded when CBC forecast Progressive Conser vative minority government although supporters were visably disappointed their par ty was not faring better across Canada Another rousing signalled defence cheer minister Ron Stewarts campaign headquarters Stewart won the election by 2l majority Examiner Photo was confident of victory Calm Stewart greets crowd following incredible victory Surprisingly composed Ron Stewart chatted calmly with supporters in front of televi sion set at the local Tory com mittee room Tuesday night Campaign fatigue or disapr pointment in national results may have played part in the Progressive Conservative can didates subdued exterior he did not look like man who had just swept riding doubling the number of votes of his closest opponent Stewart admitted he was con fident of winning the Simcoe South riding but he said he was pleased and surprised at the Tory landslide here was confident of victory said Stewart but never ex pected anything like this The newlyrformed riding held uncertainty for the Tories said Stewart Results in this area from the 1974 federal election showed PC winning margin of 2000 votes Since then there has been much urban expansion adding more voters and unpredictabilf ty of voting results With new voters and new areas you just didnt know where you stood said Stewart Areas of particular concern were Bradford Tottenham and Angus where PCs lost in the last election he said This time however the party swept these areas Stewart said his campaign stragcgy was to get out and knock on every door and take the issues to the people Leadership and unemploy ment werctwo key issues The Progressive Conscr vatives won the election primarily on leadership and unemployment issues he said definite swing to Conser Lewis smashes rivals wins Simcoe North ByRICHARDTHOMAS Of The Examiner Doug Lewis Progressive Conservative candidate for Simcoe North took an early lead as poll counts began short ly after pm Tuesday night and held it unchallenged to become the newly elected representative for the riding ITiitiffitiiil totals from the 223 polling stations taken shortly after 10 pin gave Lewis 18805 votes well ahead of rivals Payne Bullen New Denmcratic Party with 10680 and Walter Connell Liberal with 9284 Lewis 41yearold lawyer from Orillia began the evening at his Midland campaign cen trc where he witnessed his firm lead in 13 of the first 13 polls in the Tiny and Ta Townships area as the results began pouring in shortly after 815pni By the time he arrived at his Orillia based committee room about 945 pm the PC can didate had racked up an im pressive lead with 15235 votes ahead of Bullen with 8410 and more than double the 0805 votes won by Connell Results indicated Lewis re mained almost unchallengtxl at the polls in the townships of Medonte Rama and Mara with an outright victory at each poll in the town of Midland and the city of Orillia Debbie Crawford cam paign worker for Lewis sumnir ed up the results on the board when she said We have managed to clean up pretty well Lewis was greeted by jubilant crowd of family and supporters and wasted little time before making his victory speech He attributed his success to the teamwork of his campaign workers and said he had sensed victory at the nomination meeting TEX We put together team to win and we did he said We had the new and the old the experienced and the incx perienced and we did it Technically we ran perfect campaign without any noticeable disagreements Lewis said Lewis said he was disap pointed the party did not achieve majority govern ment but hoped for co operation from the NDP and fair chance for his party government to perform vative in Ontario showed backlash of antiJIrudeauism said Stewart The people felt the need for change They wanted to get the country going again Unemployment is on everybodys mind he said The PC mortgage dcductibility policy was important factor in the partys victory he added Stewart said he enjoyed camr paigning but the drive took its toll during the last two or three days He said he plans to disappear for few days to rest Tremendoust excited about taking his seat in the House of Commons Stewart said he is very much looking forward to trying to implement the policy Joe Clark has devis ed the examiner Wodmioiflay 23 1979 15 Barney Dansons defeat in York North and there were gleeful victory chants later of Waterloos gone Tory Still early in the evening op ponents Gaye Lamb and Ray Ramsay dropped by the com mittee room to congratulate the Winner The Pregame sentiment became somewhat blase Perhaps the victory seemed too Never any doubt my all the way easy or perhaps the national results dampened the spirits By 930 pm it was over Six ty polls left to report Stewart led by more than 10000 votes Supporters drifted out of the committee room headed for victory celebrations at Barrie Country Club The Tory team had romped its way to the Simcoe South championship Trudeau telegram nights highlight There were two highpoints during the evening at Ray Ramsays Liberal head quarters The first occurred at about 1030 pm when the Liberals won seven polls at and around Canadian Forces Base Borden following straight losses at Simcoe South polls all evening The other highpoint for the core group of about 20 sup porters present all evening was telegram that arrived at 11 pm from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Trudeaus telegram thanked unsuccessful Liberal can didates for their valiant effort in the name of the Liberal party during this difficult period in our history Ramsay says national sw ing to the Liberals was needed to turn residents in Simcoe South from their historical Con servativeleaning ITED DRAWBACKS Although he says he ran good campaign he listed few points that hurt his chances AntiTrudeau feelings in the riding and Rdn Stewarts per sonal popularity drew support away from the Liberals he says Ramsay also cited his stand on nuclear energy as main political drawback of his cam paign probably hurt myself in taking proAnuclcar stand when this is not the best political time to be proposing more nuclear energy believe the energv issue is the most critical issue we face today We have to cut back on oil and gas and felt this had to be presented he says Simcoe South Liberals lost some momentum early in the campaign by not having can didate selected until April Ramsay adds Ramsay mining prospector by profession maintains Liberals can one day capture Simcoe South although he would not say if he will run as Liberal candidate in the next federal election As for his immediate plans Ramsay says hes going fishing for couple of days The issues during this elec tion were inflation energy and the constitution he says During the campaign he told The Examiner there are too many intellectuals in politics today who speak without ex perience and have little understanding of problems fac ing Canadians He advocated placing businessmen in parliament Ramsay former president of the South Simcoe Liberal Association was involved in real estate before entering iniii ing Quiet prevailed in Liberal The mood at Ray Ramsays Liberal headquarters was quiet as the returns from Simcoe South polls were recorded for supporters to see Asked for his reaction to the early results Ramsay said its right there and pointed to the board Its pretty ob vious About 20 supporters stayed all evening while others came into the Bayfield Street com mittee rooms briefly shook Ramsays hand and left During the campaign Ram say had said he thought the Liberals could capture the new South Simcoe riding As results came in he revised his view The Liberals can win in Simcoe South but not in this election he said Ramsay talked quietly with few campaign workers while most supporters set their atten Ron Stewart shakes hands with supporters after hearing of his victory Tues day at campaign headquarters in Barrie Stewart hammered the opposition parties and as one pundit observed had won by 802 pm Examiner Photo camp tion to results At 930 pm he left briefly to congratulate winner Ron Stewart at his Progressive oii servative headquarters Figures revealed Stewarts dominance By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner There was never any ques tion Ron Stewart Progressive Conservative candidate for Simcoe South romped to vic tory Tuesday in the federal election Stewart ended far ahead of Liberal candidate Ray Rain say his nearest competitor Unofficially Stewart compil ed 25426 votes more than twice that of Ramsay who came in at 12686 Gaye Lamb NDP candidatev wasa distant thirtlat8617 Stewart was clearly in com mand from the start jumping ahead of Ramsay by the count of 1635 to 752 after 20 polls were reported By the time 140 of 207 polls were recorded the outcome was assured as Stewart out distanced Ramsay 13093 to BESS Stewart lost only 14 polls in the riding with Gaye Laiiib winning one and Ramsay tak ing 13 One poll ended in tie Lambs only victory came at poll for residents from Edgchill apartments The majority of Ramsays wins came at Canadian Forces Base Borden where he took seven of eight polls at various locations in Essa Township TlRNOlTASTOINIHNO The turnout at the polls was termed astounding by Al Froom chief returning officer at the riding Of 57429 persons who were eligible to vote total of 40759 turned up at the polls It represents almost an 80 per cent turnout It would be one of the highest turnouts ever in Canada said the returning oi ficer am surprised didnt think it would be that high There were some minor pro blems reported during the day at the polls Froom said number of Progressive Conservative scrutinecrs turn ed up with notebooks which had PC insignias on the front said rroom The incidents which oc curred at various polls in llll riding was likely not done iii tentionally said Frooin Otherwise things were qiiirt on the poll front said rooin recount of all ballots ill be conducted later in the month 30 that official results can bo con firmed Proom said None of the three titliflltliilts in Simcoe South watched thi ballot tabulation of ballob incoming national