Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1980 Murray Futee press Joe Clark makes a pitch for votes during a speech in Thompson on final Day of pm convinced polls influence election by Victor Mackie Winnipeg free press Ottawa prime minister Joe Clark is convinced that Public opinion polls during an election Campaign have a decided influence and Impact on the final outcome of the vote on polling theres no question that the polls do have an influence on he told a panel of newsmen on the ctr program question period he was asked do you feel the polls mislead or influence the voters in an election do they Force you to run a different Type of Campaign than you would have run otherwise the prime minister they he cited As an example that there were several conservative candidates in Quebec who Are very who have worked very hard and who Are near the Edge of he said if the polls showed the tories were heading for a win tonight that would help but Adverse results in a Public Opin Ion poll near the voting Day could make it More difficult for such he final 7 Day v no 13 visits for Only programs will be explained be 18 time Only every spa features the latest Ultra modern body building and conditioning equipment facilities for both men and women we dressing rooms Sauna Baths Sun tanning rooms i steam Baths electrical exercise equipment private showers separate facilities for men and women Jbv open daily 10 to 10 saturday 10 to 6 North i downtown i Tuxedo 1415 Mains Keet place Louis Hiel Smith is shopping Centre Corroon ave 95608101 4741347 James 3428 Portage Avenue 8893441 fort Garry 2795 Pembina 2695971 Clarks own pollster says pcs in trouble by Carol Goar up news service Edmonton Joe Clarks own poll Ster indicated on the eve of today election that the prime minister is in serious trouble with Canadian Allan the conservatives prime opinion said that the very Best Clark can Hope for is another minority government no stronger than the one he had before the Campaign and he appeared to indicate that even that is a faint Gregg told a hastily convened hand Ful of reporters that the last tory taken nearly three weeks showed the conservatives trailing the liberals by a disturbing 12 by his a tory win was possible if Clark trailed Trudeau by no More than eight Gregg went on to that his Best guess was that the Gap had now narrowed to nine or 10 Points and that Many of the people in the mainly he contended that this could narrow the Liberal Lead to six no matter How they were interpret his comments were not cheery news for it was the last thing the exhausted prime minister needed in his frantic weekend on the election in the Wake of a Gallup poll kiss of death saying his party trailed the liberals by a virtually insurmountable 20 so shaken were Clark and his advisers that they scurried in worried circles All saturday looking for a Way to counter the damaging numbers and convince supporters that a Liberal majority was not Nevi about Clark hit on the plan to release the party own private a strategy As it turned Back fired he phoned his Campaign Lowell and instructed him to release the party sound Ings As fast As it was an unprecedented action one that senior Clark officials insisted should be regarded As an illustration of not a sign of Las minute the Young polling on whom Clark depends for his Reading of voter divulged his findings at a hastily called Midnight press Confer ence in a cramped hotel it was one of the strangest episodes in Clarks two month bearded and Scruff ily dressed with a Beer in his tried to convince sceptical reporters at first that Gallups findings were question Clarks two key Campaign National Campaign chairman Paul and senator muttered to each other nervously at the Back of the the press conference came to an abrupt halt shortly after Gregg con in a burst of that the conservative majority that the prime minister has been boasting he will win is utterly at Odds with the party own snapped since i pay your can i see you for a few minutes with the Puzzle looking poll Ster was hustled saturday nights press conference was the Low Point in a week end dash across the which included rallies in five different cities and a conservative workers breakfast atop Toronto in but the news was not All a ctr poll saturday showed the tories within 10 Points of the thank god for said candidates put Deposit into is million voters hands by the Canadian press facts and figures on the 32nd Federal general election the polling voting takes place be tween 9 and 8 local times across seven time zones at about polling stations in 281 voting in is deferred to March 24 the social credit candidate the voters about Citi 18 or older Are eligible to in the election last 76 per cent of the electors cast average number of eligible voters in each Riding is but the total varies from about in the Eastern to More than 000 in Toronto the candidates a record can at least three and As Many As 11 in each Are the parties nine political parties Are competing two More in but Only four Are Given a Chance of winning seats progressive conservatives and contesting All seats the new democratic competing in All but two Quebec and social contesting 80 54 of them in others whose party names appear on ballots As registered with at least 50 candidates in the Are the 175 marxist Leninist 121 members of the Wacky Rhinoceros movement 58 pushing the Virtues of individual free Enterprise 54 members of the separatist Union Populaire in and 52 candidates of the com entered unofficially Are 29 members of the workers communist a Prochink four for the National party in Ontario and 75 the leaders Joe chosen Leader of the conservatives four years ago this Winner of the election last May the country youngest prime minister As a native of High the first born in Western he seeks personal reelection in Pierre prime minister from 1968 to last seeking to Lead the liberals to their sixth electoral Victory in 17 he is running personally for the sixth time in Montre Al mounted Leader of the new democratic party since is seeking personal reelection for the fifth time in the record before this liberals had won conservatives liberals led the government for 66 conservatives for nine of the 31 general elections before this one produced minority governments and Only three of the last nine were majority results for the conservatives in the liberals in 1968 and the biggest Victory was the near sweep of 208 out of 265 seats by the conservatives under the late John Diefenbaker in High Point for the liberals was 190 of 262 seats in 1949 for the nip 31 seats in 1972 and for social credit 30 seats in the standings commons seats by party at dissolution 14 conserva Tive Liberal nip social credit 5 total the winners the 281 winners get a seat in the Green House of an office and staff on parliament funds for a constituency free transportation Back and an an Nual salary of a tax free expense allowance of a they also Are reimbursed by the government under election Law for Campaign costs based on the number of eligible voters in the an my appointed to the Cabinet gets a car allowance of and a salary Bonus of a the prime ministers salary Bonus is for a total of plus free the losers there will be about 800 of the pattern will collect less than 15 per cent of the votes in their thereby forfeiting a nomination Levesque does not plan to vote Quebec up Premier Rene Levesque said yesterday he would like to vote in the Federal election but cant be cause he has to work today in his Quebec City in enumerated in he explained at a news conference after a weekend parti quebecois Levesques old Montreal condominium is in the downtown Riding of held by Liberal Jacques Guil Levesque said it was de cide How he would have adding that he owes no allegiance to any Federal it is no secret that Levesque Doest believe in but he offered a practical justification for As Long As we Are in that system and they Are spending our it is Normal to on the Agenda at the weekend gather ing of the pm National Council were preparations for the coming referee which Levesque sees As the first step toward breaking the Federal answering a reporter who suggested this could be the last time Quebe cers take part in a Federal Leves que said How do you know there wont be a minority government and another election in september he called the Federal election a minor when we prepare your taxes we Back up what we if your Block prepared tax return is we step in to represent i you to the District taxation All year at no extra Cost we know All the tax and we double Check your return before you sign Well take your because nothing can take the place of Good solid this year be me could pay less fora room in Block the income tax specialists 565 Portage ave 7868878 1010 main is 5868341 Henderson Hwy 6695636 943 notre Dame 7839873 213 2333080 3042 Portage ave 8856909 837 Corydon ave 4539100 1383pembina Hwy 4740919 136 Regent 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