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small coffee toasted bagel 764 plus fox dainty donuts deli 1 8 ringwood drive vol 109 no 26 tuesday june 3 1997 une 20 pages 50gstinci a mtyoluiid publication servifg whitchiivchstduffyule 1888 carol l clements hjjmonelf h concepts 6424540 joan ransberry staff reporter liberal bryon wilfert took the first poll in oak ridges and he never looked back while stouffville and richmond hill political pundits predicted a progressive conservative win in the riding the liberal wave that swept ontario included oak ridges wilfert won poll after poll when the final returns were in it showed the liberals with 24493 votes compared to 10808 for pc candidate john andersen 6843 votes for reform party standbear- er ed sarafian and 2136 voted for new democrat wynne hartviksen numbers reflect 15 polls still not counted as of press time wilfert made history hes the first mp for the new riding with his wife by his side he arrived at his victory party held in a rich mond hill restaurant party sup porters lined up to congratulate him wilfert attributed his victory to the liberal record while stressing the partys success in reducing the deficit on the local front wilfert said his 12 years as a richmond hill councillor and the fact that hes president of the federation of canadian municipalities all con tributed to the victory one of the first things wilfert plans to do in oak ridges is to establish regular breakfast meet ings with the local media its important to deal with the local media well be in touch on a regu lar basis he said on the national scene the liber als success in quebec impressed wilfert i am very pleased to see us pick up seats in the french- speaking part of quebec he said meanwhile the reform partys status as official opposition does not phase wilfert i am prepared to work with anyone he said victory liberal bryon wilfert far right salutes his supporters last night with a hand from party volunteer steve trentadue of bajlantrae wilfert easily won the oak ridges riding by a twotoone margin photo by steve somerv1lle dont think liberals deserved it sarafian iwm ill how oak ridges i voted with 15 polls to come defeated candidates john ander sen of the pcs and edward sarafian of the reform party were forced to accept the results of yesterdays election as a sign that the oak ridges electorate were content with the status quo i guess people were satisfied with 40 tax increases in three-and-a- half years and cuts to health care said andersen who finished a dis tant second to liberal bryon wil fert a candidate at the local level can only influence the result so much our message was clear i guess they chose to stay the course sarafian who placed third echoed the same wry sentiment the voters decided to go with the devil they know rather than one they dont know he said while contemplating the result from his gathering at markhams 16th avenue eatery but i dont think the liberals deserved it sarafian took consolation in the fact that his party would at least form the official opposition andersen and sarafian both expressed surprise with wilferts margin of victory we thought it was winnable said andersen i think he wilfert benefitted from a bit of a liberal sweep in ontario i thought it would be closer suggested sarafian however oak ridges new demo crat candidate wynne hartviksen was all smiles last night even though the 25yearold new democ rat was soundly defeated by the lib eral candidate hartviksen and fel low new democrats were elated with the ndps across canada per formance with 21 new democrats elected the party is strong said hartviksen its a struggle it goes on and on but we are breaking new frontier we will return and we will figure out how to win hartviksen told 60 cheering party supporters who gath ered at the richmond hill party headquarters the mood in the new democrat camp was high throughout the evening mr wilfert may have won but ive got more people at my party said hartviksen by joan ransberry bruce stapley whats inside news line 6402100 serving canadians for 75 years rotiffwille tmmim tire 5 position recliner with footrest 880318 regularly 4499 on sale for 2999 iwpxkientre