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i t c u e 4 rv stouffvitesuritributieu thursday oct 11 2007 3 ontario votes results as of 11 pmyesterday oak ridges markham helena jaczek lib 22712 phil bannon pc 16594 janice hagan ndp 3700 attilanagy green 3004 patrick redmond fc 386 douglas ransom ind 254 291 of 344 polls reporting other york ridings richmond hill reza moridi lib 6051 alex yuan pc 4704 nella cotrupi ndp 1060 liz couture green 923 thornhill peter shurman pc 17545 mario racco lib 16708 sandra parrott ndp 2173 lloyd helfertygreen 2149 vaughan gregory sorbara lib 10547 guyaniweerasinghe pc 3307 rickmorelli ndp 1908 russell korusgreen 1184 newmarketaurora frank bdees pc 13942 christina bisanz lib 13238 john mcrogersgreen 3145 mike seaward ndp 2417 yorksimcoe julia munro pc 6849 john gilbank lib 4241 jim reevesgreen 1742 nancy morrison ndp 1472 markhamunionville michael chan lib 10484 ki kit li pc 4815 andy arifin ndp 1330 bernadette manning green 1026 leon williams fc 175 toronto street o e- n t r- e staff photosusie kockerscheidt phil bannon right watches numbers come in with supporters at willow springs winery wednesday night the conservative candidate was defeated by liberal helena jaczek rtnon savs loss to liberal jaczek surprises towns deputy mayor by hannelore volpe staff writer despite weeks of talking and listening to hundreds of v residents putting up election signs and trying to get the pro gressive conservative message out phil bannon was defeat ed by liberal helena jaczek who took an early lead and led decisively at press deadline last night the whitchurchstouffville deputy mayor who had hoped to be the progressive conser vative mpp for the oak ridges- markham riding couldnt con vince enough voters to turn the riding blue party supporters friends and family anxiously awaited the election results with mr bannon and his wife janice and their daughters ash- lea and denise at the willow springs winery on the outskirts of stouffville last night mr bannons brother jack and his wife rene travelled from quebec to support him mr bannon campaigned in the provincial election for a chance to work on the john tory team for better health care lower taxes better tran sit and road systems and increased community safety he felt education funding for faithbased schools origi nally proposed by mr tory was the main issue that threw a monkey wrench into the out come of the election i am surprised by the num bers because a lot of people indicated they would support me mr bannon said the numbers certainly reflect the provincial forecast for the party mr bannon said he reached out to many diverse communi ties including tamil and arme nian canadians he had no trouble being nominated as the pc candi date even though he declared his candidacy only three weeks before the nomination meeting in june he received a majority and was nominated after the second ballot the 55yearold former staff sergeant was with the toronto police services for 32 years before retiring and also has experience as the vicepresi dent of a successful transpor tation company he was elected to munici pal council in 2003 becom ing the councillor for a rural ward in northern whitchurch- stouffville while on municipal coun cil he has been an advocate for taxpayers objecting to what he felt were excessive municipal tax increases he along with councillor rob hargrave also advocat ed having the towns budget meeting dates changed to the spring so budgets could be calculated using actual instead of estimated figures as a board member of markham stouffville hospital he will continue to push for an expansion of the hospital as soon as possible mr bannon worked to have speed limits reduced on sever al roads and arranged to have york region police conduct truck blitzes he helped raise money for causes including bloomington cove a longterm care facility for the new parkview home for seniors and for stouffvilles new arts and culture centre stouffville deotal c- e- n-t- r- e election notes crosstown trek to vote for some after 36 years eileen gayton had to vote at a different location she wasnt happy about it usually the rural whitchurch- stouffville resident casts her ballot at the ballantrae community centre on aurora road thafs about a fiveminute drive from her house today she had to go to the ontario society for the prevention of cruelty to animals headquarters at woodbine ave nue and vivian road the drive from one side of whitchurchstouffville to the other took at least 15 minutes and took her past three polling locations in balllantrae it is most annoying she said she returned from a trip to british columbia tuesday to get the news the location changes for mrs gayton and her neighbours are because of new boundary changes by elections ontario new polling divisions were drawn up paula chung a spokesperson for elec tions ontario explained instead of 103 electoral districts ontario now has 107 there have been a lot of changes to polling divisions ms chung said she added the boundaries are changed every 10 years hannelorevolpe seniors vote early and often location does seem to matter when it comes to getting voters out around 130 pm yesterday between 10 and 12 per cent of voters had cast their ballots at ballantrae public school on aurora road there was a steady flow of voters since the polls opened with a few busy periods an elections worker said only a couple of people had come to this poll in rural whitchurchstouffville with multiple voter cards due to revi sions the numbers were different at st mark catholic- school in stouffville where about 20 per cent of voters had already cast their ballots by around 2 pm st mark students greeted voters and opened the doors for them as they approached the gym where voting was taking place only one person didnt bring in a voter card an election worker said and that was because the person was in the process of moving one newlywed senior came to vote even though hed had just moved to the area a few weeks ago the relatively high 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