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stella yeadon correspondent sweeps riding durham- york saw orange on september 6 as voters in the riding elected larry oconnor as their first ndp member to queens park it was also a first fo- oconnor a general motors err iloyee running in his first electkn he unseated liberal incumbent bill ballinger who was elected during the liberal sweep in 1987 in his victory speech an obviously shaken oconnor regained composure and quipped do you know what ndp stands for no david peterson david peterson lost his own lon don centre seat to ndp marion boyd and promptly resigned as leader of the ontario liberals as the polls closed and early results were announced to the more than 50 volunteers present at mr oconnors campaign headquarter in uxbridge the mood went from anxious disbelief to total jubilation and as more poll results came in it became evident that the swing provincial antiliberal swing ousts ballinger as oconnor mj toward the new democrats province wide was also going to hit durham- york i started to sense that there was a real possibility we could take the seat when knocking on doors in the riding people invited me into their home arid told how dissatisfied they are with all levels of government they told me how they wanted something to happen and tonight they went out and voted for it said an excited oconnor shortly after he was declared the winner at 945 with 12551 votes with the suggestion this was not a prondp vote but rather a protest vote against the peterson govern ment oconnor retorted this was a vote for fairness whitchurchstoufrville councillor jim sanders a larry oconnor sup porter who was in attendance at the ndp uxbridge headquarters said that people have been coming on our side from i the beginning of the campaign people that have been tories all their life told me they were casting a vote for the ndp sanders also dispels the suggestion this was a gut reaction by the voters that will not translate into vote the next election the ndp have been laying out their agenda for decades it has been a clear unwavering agenda voters have been wondering were other parties are coming from while we have had a consistent policy for many years added sanders there is justice in the world said laurie cooke of wilfrid whose family has a long history of ndp support my grandfather helped found the ccf and he told my mother she would never see an ndp government in this province oconnor said he is not sure what his role will be in the new 77 seat ndp majority government headed by leader bob rae except to say that new schools for his riding and improved education funding are issues he will personally champion photoannette buchkowski victorious larry oconnor hails the crowd after his unexpected upset over incumbent liberal bill ballinger in uxbridge on thursday night oconnor won by more than 1 300 votes oconnor victory evident early tracy kibble staff reporter photoannette buchkowski a dejected bill ballinger looks on as the results of thursday nights election come in to his campaign headquarters ballinger learned early on his hopes for reelection were to be dashed the orange wave that swept ontario thursday night forced a defeated premier david peterson to step down as leader of the province arid the liberal party the new democrats humiliated the liberals after peterson called the early election 40 days ago the irony peterson had nearly two years left to govern ontario a conquering majority the ndp party captured 74 of the 130 seats the liberals trailed behind at 36 while the progressive conservatives lagged behind with 20 seats the sept 6 election will go down in ontarios political history with bob rae as the first ndp leader to govern this province it will also be the first time an ontario provincial government has taken power with less than 40 per cent of the total vote meanwhile durham york electors have joined the orange sweep aban doning liberal incurribent bill ballinger to hew ndp candidate and victor of this riding larry ocon nor of sunderland oconnor a gm employee swept please see page 3 d u rh am yof k results percentage of total votes won by each party in sept 6 election in durhamyork imiiimm sat mf 1 i 1 hf i i i 1 est i m a i i i m