Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 22, 1968 11 Stanfield die visit in same week tories fighting by 50rdon Senclair Minnedosa Man. Staff Only one Riding in Canada can boast of having both Robert Stanfield and John Diefenbaker visit it in the same week Marquette. It is an indication of How desperately the conservatives Are having to fight to hold this agriculturally orientated seat. This could be the year that Marquette once referred to As the nation s bellwether Riding returns fold after an 11-year absence. If they Don t succeed tuesday the who have a lot going for them might just As Well concede the seat to the conservatives for Many years to come. As in Many other areas the liberals Are counting on prime minister Trudeau to swing a considerable number of votes. But unlike most farm Ridings they have also the advantage of a candidate who is much better known than his opponent. Time until 1963, the constituency always elected a government supporter. People take politics seriously in Marquette As evidenced by the fact that 84 per cent of the eligible voters turned out in 1965 to give or. Mandziuk a majority of the turnout was by far the Best of any Manitoba Riding. Since that time the constituency has been enlarged by redistribution to take in voters. The tory based on 1965 figures in the new Riding is around the Mark. That s a lot of votes to overcome but this year s elec Tion gives every indication of being one of those times largely due to Trudeau mania when statistics can be thrown out the window. As Well or. Clement can take Comfort in the fact that the constituency is largely Liberal country provincially. All or part of five provincial Ridings lie one nation one Canada May help the Liberal cause Here. There Are two other con tenders in Marquette but Nei ther is being taken seriously by the front runners. The nip which has never been Able to make an impression in the area is represented by Shoal Lake Farmer and former Reeve Michael an donation. This is his second try in the Federal Field. He ran a poor third in 1965. Als making his second bid is Independent Rev. Walter Dono Van 42, of Elphinstone who was the social credit candidate in 1963. An Early Tipoff that the liberals were serious about Marquette this time came at their nominating convention. An astonishing number of people turned out and of them paid membership fees to vote for their Choice. It was one of the largest conventions in the province and in the Audi ence were a Good number of people who voted conservative in 196s. J another indicate Iii the liberals Are out for bipod is their Campaign Kitty. This year an official says they Jave plus what or Lei Zient himself is this is about double the Normal amount of funds for the Riding. Liberals feel confident of building up a Good majority in the West end of. The Riding around Russell the Hometown of or. Clement who operates an automobile business runs a ranch and they concede that they will probably lose Minnedosa and area to the tories but feel they will do Well in the Northern Section and around Shilo and Rivers armed services bases. The conservatives Are Bank ing on a big majority in Minnedosa and in the Neepawa Gladstone territory on the Eastern Side of the. Riding. They also feel certain the liberals will lose out in towns such As to Metal m Marquette profile of a Riding Liberal Rod s. Clement 48, of Russell is a familiar name throughout the District because of his previous service As a member of the Manitoba legis lature. Had he been faced with Marquette s my in the last parliament j. N. Nick Mandziuk his task would have been much More difficult. But or. Mandziuk the sur prise Victor Over former Mani Toba Premier and former Feder Al Justice minister Stuart s. Garson in 1957, has retired and in his place the tories have fielded Craig Stewart 40, a Minnedosa Auto dealer. Or. Stewart the Deputy mayor of the town is popular and Well known in the area surrounding Minnedosa. But he has to spend valuable time which otherwise might have been used in other pursuits introducing himself across the constituency one of the largest in the province. Marquette Manitoba s oldest Riding was established when the province entered confederation and was once represented by sir John a. Macdonald. From that within its boundaries. And or. Clement is taking advantage of that fact. Co chairman of his Campaign is Earl Dawson la for Hami Ota. As Well he has speaking for him former Premier d. L. Campbell Nelson Shoemaker la for Neepawa Manitoba s Liberal Leader Gil Mol Gat Anc former Manitoba Cabinet mini Ster r. W. Bobby Bend. That s a powerful group o politicians and the conserve Tives Are Well aware of it. Off the record the tories admit they Are facing by far the toughest test they have had since 1957. That is one of the reasons or. Stanfield spoke in the Riding last saturday to a crowd that. Overflowed the Nedosa armory and that or Diefenbaker followed him into Russell wednesday. As Well the tories have or. Mandziuk out campaigning for them particularly in the ukrainian Canadian areas where 12.9 per cent of the voters reside. The liberals Are also concentrating on this area and there. Is some indication that or. Trudeau s Strong stand for liberals big Winner in election contest free press weekly sub scribers participating in an election contest Are overwhelmingly predicting the liberals will win the most seats in the election tuesday. Liberals Are picked to top the polls by subscribers More than the subscribers who picked the conservatives to win. Only 31 entries have the new demo cratic party finishing with the most seats. The contest in the weekly farm newspaper distributed across Canada is strictly a forecast of the number of seats each party will hold after the june 25 Federal election. It does t indicate the personal preference of the contestants As to who they will be voting for. The deadline for entering the contest was Friday. About entries have yet to be processed. Manitoba entries favouring the liberals to win totalled 414 while 157 picked the conserva Tives. A total of 625 persons from Saskatchewan pick the liberals to win and 371 pick the conservatives. Alberta entries favouring the liberals totalled 446, compared with 239 for the conservatives. A better than 3 to 1 ratio of entries from British Columbia Are picking the liberals to win. A total of 348 . Voters selected the liberals while -105 picked the conservatives to win. A total of 596 entries from Ontario put the liberals ahead compared with 171 for the conservatives. A Liberal win is forecast by 252 persons from other Cana Dian provinces while 191 favor the conservatives. In heritage Park now you can have a Superb custom styled Home at a practical Price Large up to 60x130 deluxe Creek lots custom designed Homes lavishly carpeted living rooms Pri vate dining rooms Ultra deluxe Bath rooms and other new work saving ideas. Priced from to furnished display Village open daily 1-9 . 63 Valley View drive pm. 832-2214 heritage Park drive West on Portage to Sturgeon Road North past the new Grace Hospital to Ness ave., then West to Valley View drive 63 Valley View Hamiota and Eirtle in the Middle and Western sides if Marquette. Spokesmen for both parties agree on two things Farmers Are not saying How they Are going to vote this year. One Veteran conservative campaigner said in other elections people have told me they Are with us against us or Haven t made up their minds. But we can t get them to de themselves in the past this has often indicated a swing away from the Way constituents have voted in past elections. If it s True this time the tories could be in trouble. Many voters Are going to Rod Clement Craig Stewart Michael Antonation Walter Donovan make their Choice on the basis of the leaders rather than the local candidates. Or. Trudeau was in the constituency briefly touching Down at Minnedosa for a few minutes during a whirlwind tour of Rural areas. He received a Good reception. Or. Stanfield s meeting last saturday Drew around people and according to Mem Bers of the Ottawa press corps was one of his More impressive gatherings during that week. That reception plus the one accorded or. Diefenbaker a few Days later could be an Indica Tion that the Early Lead apparently built up by the liberals could be slipping away. But at the moment it would appear they will be Able to maintain a slight Edge up until election Day. Golden Rule funeral service Winnipeg members Clark Leatherdale company limited funeral Home 232 Kennedy Zawitoski memorial funeral Home 724 Selkirk Pineview funeral Home and memorial gardens Waverley Street at Chevrier fort Garry service measured not by cold but by the Golden Rule Are Tun relaxing for a moment during the Campaign Are Elf Schreyer Stanley Knowles Winnipeg North Centre and David Orlikov elections Are fun but basically they re serious business the issues that Divide our nation the future of Canada the problems none of these will be solved by election fun. And who Speaks for you is it someone like Stanley Knowles who fights for labour the old and the sick David Orlikov a Champion of individual rights adequate housing and medicare. De Schreyer familiar with the problems of agriculture and the City. They Lead the new democratic team for Manitoba Strong capable and experienced. Strengthen that team by supporting the new Democrat in your area. Mrs. Edith Alsop Lisgar Mike Antonation Marquette Bill Hutton Winnipeg South Harry Blake Knox Provencher Harry Van Mulligan Brandon Kazmer Roschuk Portage Brian Koshul Churchill Harry Shafransky St. Boniface Harvey Moats Kenora Rainy River mrs. Evelyn Syme Dauphin Frances Thompson Winnipeg South Centre you la win with More new democrats in Ottawa ;