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PROVINCE OF ONTARIO ENERAL ELECTION JUNE 4th, 1945 Important Notice to Prospective Candidates " @ Returning Officers for all Electoral Districts in Ontario are authorized by Paragraph 22 of the Active Service Voting-Regulations, 1945, to accept nomination papers of candidates in the pending Ontario General Election at any time after they receive the Writ of Election. MAKE SURE OF ACTIVE SERVICE VOTE In order to be sure of having their names available to Active Service Voters, candidates should file their nomination papers with the Returning Officer for their Electoral District not later than MONDAY, MAY 7th, 1945, Every effort will be made to make available to Active Service Voters the names of candidates who file their papers after May 7th, but owing to the pressure of the war service in the use of cable and telegraph wires, no assur- ance can be given that such names will be available for Active Service Voters on polling days. FILE YOUR NOMINATION PAPERS WITH THE APPROPRIATE RETURNING OFFICER BEFORE MAY 7th, NEXT, and make sure your name will be on the list of candidates supplied for the use of Active Service Voters. Alex, C. Lewis CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER ONTARIO Your Provincial Riding Is Your Candidate is Clip this and mail it overseas -- asrmail today. A Message from - GEORGE DREW to all with Relatives and Friends Overseas RRANGEMENTS have been made by the Ontario Government for members of all the A Armed Services overseas to vote in the coming Ontario election by placing a ballot in a ballot box for the candidate of their own choice. The arrangements which have been completed for the Ontario vote are the best which have yet been made for any Active Service vote. The Government, however, can only make the arrangements for taking the vote. What is equally important is that those who are overseas know the name of the candidates, the party they are supporting and have a sufficiently clear picture of the issues to decide how they should vote. That can only be done if those at home supply them with information. May I strongly urge every wife, mother, father, sister, brother or friend of those overseas to write and tell them all they can about the coming Ontario election. By clippings from newspapérs, by editorial comment, and by personal explanation, a clear understanding can be given of what is really at stake in this Ontario election. One of the things which will cause the greatest difficulty in the minds of those overseas, particularly those who live in large cities, is to determine which Riding they live in. Maps will be available, but even the best map sometimes leaves doubt when the voter has been away from home for a long time, or as is true in so many cases has never voted before. This difficulty will be increased because of the difference between the boundaries of Dominion and Provincial Ridings. I would suggest that Jou write immediately, by airmail, to all with whom you are in com- munication and tell them the Riding in which they live and give them what information you can about the party and the candidate in the Riding where they are entitled to vote. I should mention that every member of the Armed Forces overseas of any age is entitled to vote. They, above all others have the right to vote. They have preserved for us that free system of Governmentwhich depends upon the choice of our own representatives. Our job here at home is not only to make sure that they have the chance to vote but also to do everything possible to make sure that they are able to vote with knowledge of the real issues in the election. : For the sake of convenience, I am suggesting that you simply cut out this message and address it to someone overseas giving the information required. Each one of us here at home has a responsibility to help them to choose the Government which will have so much to do with their future in the years of peace. May I again urge you to write at once, by airmail, not only to those closest to you but to as many as you know in any of the services outside of Canada. Tell them what Provincial Riding they reside in at home--rthen the name of the candidate and any further information you can supply. Yours sincerely, PUBLISHED BY THE PROGRESSIVE zy FP "CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF ONTARIO