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st theribume candidates thought race would be closer v 0m congrats tory candidate john andersen shakes hands with the new oak ridges mp bryon wilfert at wilferts headquarters at a richmond hill restaurant monday night phgt0 ty steve s0merville ill be back bhaduria alan shackleton tribune staff as perhaps one of the most contro versial political careers in canada came to an end jag bhaduria was smiling and full of confidence bhaduria former mp for the for mer markham whitchurch-stouf- fville riding gained 1584 votes in the sevencandidate markham riding race won by tory jim jones with 20449 votes but bhaduria vowed hell be back for the next election every voter is a decider its a democracy he said in an interview at his nearly empty campaign offices shortly after the polls closed monday night he predicted there will be mayhem in the next couple of years in ottawa and quebec will likely separate there will be another election in twoandahalf years and ill be back again til continue to be the unofficial mp ag bhaduria incumbant mp jag bhaduria at his kennedy rd campaign office after losing mondays election photo by sjoerd witteveen bhaduria first elected as liberal mp for the markham whitchurch- stouffville riding in october 1993 was at the centre of a number of con troversies including questions about his academic credentials and letters he wrote to his former employers at the toronto board of education he left the liberal party shortly after parliament began sitting in january of 1994 life goes on said bhaduria of his defeat my family will proba bly be pleased but public service has always been my passion nothing can change that he pointed out though that now hes no longer in politics those who have blamed him for everything wrong about politicians will have to find someone else to pick on the toronto sun cant blame me for everything now bhaduria was not bitter at the vot ers for turfing him in favor of the pc candidate however he had a blistering attack on the liberals i got a very raw deal it was out right racism from the liberal party the way i was treated was definite double standard it was a slap in the face to four million nonwhites in this country i was not treated equal ly of his time in office bhaduria said his one regret was that he did not get to know more people in the riding however he vowed his political style will not change im your friend not your mp ill continue to help people and will be the unofficial mp said oak ridges new democrat can didate wynne harkviksen was all smiles monday night even though the 25year old new democrat was soundly defeated by the liberal bryon wilfert in oak ridges harkviksen and fellow new democrats were elated with the ndps cross canada perfor mance with 21 new democrats elected the party is strong said hartkviksen its a struggle it goes on and on but we are break ing new frontier we will return and we will figure out how to win hartviksen told 60 cheering party supporters who gathered 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 hartviksen will be returning to her job as a sales representative at blacks photography in markham and shell continue with her duties as vicepresident of a garment industry union despite losing the election she is thrilled with the partys success in atlantic canada and plans to continue to work closely with the oak ridges ndp fellow candidates john anderson of the pcs and edward sarafian of the reform party were also forced to accept the result as a sign that the oak ridges electorate were content with the status quo i guess people were satisfied with 40 per cent tax increases in three- andahalf years and cuts to health care said andersen who finished a distant second monday night a wxa hooo lib the final tally lib- 27401 pc 12 232 ref- 7594 ndp 2 408 nl282 cap 167 ref i ndp nl cap 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 markham s 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 joan ransberty bruce stapley xv vr hi m rvfi r oak ridges ndp candidate wynne hartviksen wins the tribunes cook ie poll however she lost the election to the liberals she is seen here beside the tote board being kissed by her fiancee kevin brown at her headquarters in richmond hill monday night photo by steve somerv1lle councillors dont want testa gift to go to town hall b from page 1 over our eyes said sherban why is the town hall building in such a state of disrepair said sherbannobody has asked the people if they want a new town hall linda giles chairman of the whitchurch- stouffville library board addressed council and once again stressed that the library expansion is long overdue our library is tired carpets are thread bare our gino testa library has regressed said giles some members of local council do not support staffs recommen dation that half of a 500000- pledged gift be used to help offset the cost of the librarytown hall project instead of being used to help pay for a new swirnming pool gift bearer gino testa prefers the money be spent on a pool ward 4 councillor cliff dunkeld ward 1 councillor ivan- ka bradley and ward 2 councillor mike watson have expressed objections to 250000 of the testa gift being earmarked for the librarytown hall id like to see the 500000 go for the pool id like to see the pool go ahead said dunkeld the tribune julie caspersen andrew mair editorinchief of the tribune is pleased to announce the appointment of julie caspersen as interim edi tor of the tribune julie will be assuming the duties of tracy kibble until her return from a maternity leave in october julie has been with the tribunes sister paper the markham economist sun since 1989 first as a reporter and most recently as news edi tor julie will be handling all editor duties in tracys absence window tint formulaone performance automotive film reduces heat and glare more comfort lifetime manufactures warranty vvprryfree coverage for as long as you own your vehicle from hitchi price for most vehicles all work guaranteed class i hitch install 2000 lbs class ii hitch installe 3500 lbs class hi hitch installe 5000 lbs auto tint accessories 11 heritage rd markham 9054717555 markville mall bullock herita hwy v