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» cestamaee eam dameneammmeaneaenaaama Minority: Will It Function And If So, For How Long? By JAMES NELSON OTTAWA (CP) -- For the fourth time in eight years, Can- ada faces the prospect of minor- ity government. Nobody here is firmly predict- ing how long it will last, or how well it will work this time. Minority party leaders T. C. Douglas of the New Democratic! Party and Robert Thompson of the Social Credit say it could last and work well. But in their post-election comments Monday they were deeply divided on the sort of policies they would sup- port. Prime Minister Pearson, who may command 128 or so seats in the 265-seat House, declined any prediction beyond noting he is still prime minister and that the Liberal government intends to carry on. Opposition Leader Diefen- baker, with about 100 support- ers, gave every indication of keeping up his drive to regain the office of prime minister, in line with his stated ambition of becoming the third Canadian prime minister to return to the office after a defeat. The other two were Conserva- tive Sir John A, Macdonald, the country's first prime minister, and W. L. Mackenzie King, long-time Liberal prime minis- ter, STARTED IN MINORITY Mr, Diefenbaker's Conserva- tives took office as a minority government in 1957 and then won a sweeping victory in 1958. They fell short of a majority in But enough sought an election but dissolu- tion was refused by Governor- General Byng. Conservative Ar- thur Meighen was called on to form a government and his min- istry fell in three months, Mr. King had his election. In 1926 the Liberals won only 118 of the 245 seats, but the support of 10 Liberal-Progres- sives enabled them to carry on. the Liberals won only 118 of the 245 seats. met, independent Liberals-- many of whom had defeated of- ficlal Liberal candidates--joined the government, Again, in 1945, before Parliament Now NDP Leadei Dougias, heading a 21-man group, has the firmest grip on the balance of Parliament in the new Com- mons. On crucial issues, his party could give the govern- ment a clear win over other op- position forces. But Mr. Diefenbaker made it plain Monday night that he be- lieves it would be improper for the Pearson government to seek a new general election without advising the Governor-General first to call on the Conserva- tives to form a ministry. A Conervative administra- tion in the newly-elected Com- mons would need the support 1962 and then defeat in the Commons on a confidence issue involving nuclear arms forced) another election in 1963, That vote returned Mr. Pear- son's Liberals as a minority, On) Monday the country rebuffed! his bid for a majority, Governments won support of less than a clear majority in four earlier elections, and car- ried on--for a time. In 1921, King's Liberals won 117 seats in a 235-seat House, with 50 Conervatives, 65 Pro- gressives, and three Labor members in opposition. This was the first time third parties as such pron seats in a Cana- dian general election, Mr. King was able to control the House with opposition sup- port. In 1925, the Liberals won only 101 seats in a 245-seat House, But Mr. King retained office for nine months, stick- handling his way through an op- position of 116 Conservatives, 24 Progressives and four others, SOUGHT DISSOLUTION When he appeared likely to meet defeat in the House, he! ny LEWIS RETURNS David Lewis, former NDP House deputy speaker, was elected in the Toronto area riding of York South Mon- day. He lost the seat to Lib- eral Marvin Gelber in the 1963 election, but beat Mr. Gelber and a PC candidate in the latest vote. --(CP Wirephoto) of all other groups now in op- position to have a working ma- jority--an even more difficult arrangement to maintain than alliance. The widest split among the smaller parties appears to be a tacit or actual Liberal-NDP} Ridings Fail OTTAWA (CP) -- The voters toppled some long-lived. tradi. tions in Monday's federal elec- tion. In St, Jean-Napierville they lended the longest tradition of loyalty to one party in Can- ada's history by electing a Con- servative. That area had re- turned Liberals in eveny other election since Confederation. In Halifax and Kings, for the first time since 1930 constitu-| ency voters elected MPs from other than the party which won most seats in the country. In Algoma West, they came close to ousting a 25-year vet- eran of the Commons. Liberal) George Nixon, first elected in) 1940, had only-a slender margin over his Conservative opponent when counting ended for the night -- with one poll still to come, | But in some ridings, voters! |kept traditions alive. | | Renfrew South for the 11th consecutive election picked a} Hees Back In A Position To Shoot For Leadership COBOURG, Ont. sending him back The 55-year-old former servative trade minister, mainly rural riding. "I can hardly wait until Par- liament opens again," he said. But he would not comment on ithe possibility of seeking the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party. "Y'm afraid I'm unable to an- swer a question that is hypo-| (CP) -- George Hees charmed the voters of Northumberland into to Ottawa Monday giving him an_ all- important Commons seat which to vault into any servative leadership race. from Con- Con- who resigned his cabinet post in 1963 after a policy dispute with his leader John Diefenbaker, nar- rowly defeated Libera! Pauline Jewett by capturing a larger share of the farm vote in this baker is leader and wili remain so until he wishes to relinquish his post," Mr. Hees represented Toronto Broadview in the Commons from 1950 to 1963, He became transport minister after the Conservatives gained power in 1957 and in 1960 was made min- ister of trade and commerce, OFFERED NOMINATION In the spring of 1964 he be- came president of the Montreal and Canadian stock h and seemed of a mind to sit out this campaign, as he did the one in 1963, until offered the Northumberland nomination. The Hees family has had a farm near Cobourg for more than 50 years, and the suave Toronto millionaire had used it as a weekend retreat. With this claim to residence in the riding, thetical," he said, "Mr. Diefen-|he jumped at the chance to do battle with Miss Jewett, a polit- | |hour operation at North Caro-|tered 30 years ago. ; | Doctors between the Social Credit and) the NDP. | Mr, Thompson, whose party elected five members, said the election result clearly was no mandate for the Liberals to in- troduce compulsory medical jeare insurance, | Mr. Douglas, however, saW\No WEICHEL, 80 -- LIBERAL |the increase in popular support) Waterloo North adhered to a for his party as clear evidence/cystom dating back to 1908 by the public wants such insu-lelecting a Liberal. Ever since| rance, and he said his group|that election 57 years ago it| ithe most seats in the country) by returning a Liberal, tying aj record set by Richmond-Wilfe| in 11 elections from 1867 to 1908. Renfrew South began its present string in 1930, | the universal principle. 'Siamese-T win Split Success ree Atte ee Minister! CHAPEL HILL, N.C, (AP)--|Martin won his 10th consecu-| A pair of seven-month-old Sia-|tive election in Essex East, re-| mese twin girls were success-|taining his title of dean of the fully separated during a four-|Commons which he first en- was no Weichel in the field to} replace W, 0. (Mike) Weichel) replace W. O. (Mike) Weichel| who retired for health reasons} \lina Memorial Mon-| day. Hospital Two MPs who first entered| : _ |the House in 1940 said they were in|their victory string--Conserva- |'"'very satisfactory condition' |\tive Leader Diefenbaker in late Monday, but still in dan-|Prince Albert and Works Min- ger. The girls were in an in-|ister Mclliraith in Ottawa. West. tensive care ward, Three men with continuous Doctors said they considered |Commons service dating from jthe next seven to 10 days a@|1945 are back again -- Liberal "crucial period." Jean TT. Richard in Ottawa The girls were born last April/ Rast, Conservative Douglas to Mrs. David Allen of High/Harkness in Calgary North and |Point. Her husband is a factory|NDP member H. W. (Bert) worker in a furniture plant. |Herridge in Kootenay West. A four-man team of surgeons) ---- VOLKSWAGEN performed the operation, Eight- Soles & Service een doctors were involved, WeRNER'S SERVICE CENTRE some for standby duty and con- sultations. | Known medically as: ischio- pagus twins, the girls were joined in the lower hip region, their bodies fused from the hip to a common navel. | rica es Highway 12 end 7. member of the party that won| 7 will abide no watering down of/has returned either a Liberal] # or a Weichel, This time there} @ after three victories in a row) } continued | - iy ical scientist who won North- 77, umberland from the Conserva- , tives in 1963. y Knocking on doors in Co- Y bourg, Northumberland's main 7, urban area, and meeting the farmers on their land in a stren- uous personal campaign helped him reduce the Liberal strength in Cobourg and hold rural Con- servatives, His margin was 313 votes with 101 of 129 polls re- porting. "We had a good, clean, hard contest and I enjoyed every mo- ment of it,'"' he said, 'My oppo- nent, Miss Jewett, campaigned very hard and I don't think I've , ever. met a finer competitor than she turned out to be." Miss Jewett, 42, visited Mr. Hees at his committee rooms B after the results became known to offer him congratulations. FIRST TRY FAILED A professor at Carleton Uni- versity in Ottawa, Miss Jewett GEORGE HEES FOR THE FINEST Custom and Ready Made DRAPES in the letest Shodes end Fobrics... 908... MéC DRY GOODS & DRAPERIES DRAPERY TRACKS UXPERTLY INSTALLED 723-7827 ee en re \ 2 PE $ 2 ade org r { May we suggest a \ . CANADIAN iMPERI AL. BANK OF COMMERCE ne uss dil iit titi ti a first sought the Northumber- jand seai in 1962 losing by 758 votes to Conservative Harry Bradley, a Cobourg high school teacher. In the next year's campaign she reversed this, winning the seat by 505 votes. } After 21 years on the aca- demic side of politics, she found herself a working politician in the Liberal back benches of the sion stations, KING and KOMO) --both easily picked up in the|the Liberals in Prince Edward heavily populated lower main-iIsland and Nova Scotia. eR cee ee ane ee THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, November 9, 1968 13 U.S. Stations Give Results Before Polls Close In B.C. VANCOUVER (CP) Amer-jiaid area oi-3.C,--referred ts ican television gave British Co-jthe Canadian election on the lumbians their first indication|regular 6 p.m. PST newscasts. of how Canada's general elec- tion was. going Monday -- an hour before B.C. polls closed. KOMO gave a rundown on ey parties were faring in east- ern provinces where polls were already closed, citing Progres- Two powerful Seattle televi-| sive Conservative gains from Commons. A native of St. Catharines, she chose Northumberland to enter politics because of family ties stretching back to the first settlers in the county, After her 1963 victory she took up resi- dence in Brighton, a village about 20 miles east of here. Miss Jewett was greeted by applause and a chorus of For She's a Jolly Good Fellow when she entered Mr. Hees's commit- tee rooms, ' DR. PAULINE JEWETT Brewers Retail Stores will be closed Thursday, November 11™ REMEMBRANCE DAY Og Brewers Retail Operated by Brewers Warehousing Co, Ltd. | | | | EXPERTS of your own efficiency: fast, economical services to work for you! COMMUNICATIONS at our Business Office Make the most EFFICIENCY Pushbutton Phones give you dial inter- com service --call-holding and multi- line pick-up features. Tailored to your exact needs, saves time, speeds work, put these smart, Special Handsets with built-in volume controls for better hearing in noisy locations...to amplify sound for the hard-of-hearing or amplify your voice. 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