Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 19, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Enns holds Wake As who won yesterday june and Ben by Paul Sullivan there were three parties going on in room 2718 of the Northstar inn High above the City last june Liberal la for fort threw a on woman Victory Harry conservative la for held a and Ben nip la for toasted the that All three soirees happened in the same hotel room without incident was a blow for Canadian democracy an other bloodless Transfer of the 22nd and 32nd election since we started this nonsense Back in the three were first brought together at lunch last Friday by the free press to Analyse the mood of the voters on the eve of the 1980 Federal to predict Ewtuch party would form the next government and to forecast the final on it was a an interest ing exercise in last Enns and Han aided and abetted by the free gathered around a television on Neutral ground room Northstar att watched the numbers in the election Battle come Home to chairs were pulled round the to with and As soon As the polls room service was Dragoone into a Rye for the scotch for the new and barely potable White wine for the Liberal and the reporter who sipped politely for All the while maintaining a razor Sharp the lights of the City shimmered far fostering the illusion that we were somehow above it Westbury turned out to be the double not Only did her party wrest majority government away from the crumbling but she called numbers almost right in the final at 4 were Liber als progressive conservatives new democrats and social credit using a combination of party loyalty and scrupulous Manitoba Lone Liberal la picked liberals pcs nip 32 and social credit Ben Hanuschak was he failed to predict the demise of social and Wishful thinking inflated his own party but he was close with liberals pcs nip see Davis Page 4 Light Snow today Cloudy tonight High 12 Low 16 ree press final 200 for Home Call 9439331 Uva weeks for february 1980 vol to snoes Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Trudeau sweeps the Liberal steamroller stops at Winnipeg by Doug Small up news service Pierre Trudeau liberals crushed Joe Clarks nine Montgold conserva Tive government yesterday in a general election that gave his liberals a com manding majority based almost entirely in the the final count showed the liberals with 146 of 281 commons Clarks ranks reduced to the new demo cratic party with and the Quebec based social credit party wiped out of the Victory often follows the 60yearold Liberal Leader told cheering supporters in Ottawa As he returned to after a 272day for the fourth time in 12 i naturally regret the said tory Leader conceding defeat from his Campaign Headquarters at Spruce but that is what democracy is All of the opposition Only de Broadbent new democrats made Dps Best showing but while he As he predict the greatest number of seats in the party history compared with 31 in 1972 came away without the Power broker advantages he held in the last minority Clark was ousted after one of the shortest terms in Canadian history conservatives sir Charles Tupper served for two months in 1896 and Arthur Meighen served for three in Clark took the defeat with dig wishing Trudeau Well and promis ing to help make the 32nd parliament pronounced himself immensely proud of his party praised his opponents and pledged to work for a positive Energy policy and greater Canadian control of the econ Quebec sweep Trudeau majority came from East Ern he picked up four seats in the Atlantic swept All but one of the 74 Quebec Ridings up for election and stormed through Ontario where he gained 20 seats and cemented his but he was rejected once again in the of the 77 seats in the four Western he won Only both in Manitoba where incumbents Lloyd a worthy and Bob Bockstael held he made no mention of Fabien the social credit Leader along with his four fellow so reds and two of Clarks three Quebec were routed by liberals in see Ontario Page 4 election highlights la liberals regain prize ground in g the liberals an l Riding Riding results across Canada with Colo keyed 9 who will apply the la Manitoba new democrats gain at tory Quebec Power turns out massively for la composition of Cabinet will be Tough la conservative Victory party Short on Clark shows class by Carol Goar up news service a victorious Pierre Trudeau told supporters last night nip spirits soar Over upset wins vote comparison 1980 1979 Liberal 146 114 pc 103 136 nip 32 26 social credit nip Tinner Cyril keeper flashes a Victory by Ingeborg Boyens Manitoba new buoyed by two upset victories in last nights Feder Al say do it again when Premier Sterling Lyon Calls a Provin Cial taking seven of the provinces 14 jubilant new democrats quickly labelled their victories a repudiation of the tories and a sure sign the Dps future in Manitoba is i believe we an excellent Chance of becoming the next government of beamed nip Leader Howard Pawley at a late night Victory Sterling Lyon is going to be waiting for a while before he Calls the next predicted a party Stalwart As he watched results being posted at the Union although two Liberal incumbents retained their Winnipeg seats and the Liberal vote increased across the prov the nip was still the big Winner in the tories were the holding five seats but dropping two to the nip and More than six Points in the popular support they registered last the popular support for the liberals increased Points to per cent of the votes cast while tory support dropped to from per the Dps popular vote Rose Only slightly from per cent to per cent since last Mays about Manitoban or 68 per see nip Page 4 Spruce he never and he left with Grace and even Sven the voters had handed him one of the most stunning defeats in Canadian electoral prime min ister Joe Clark showed no no anger and shed no in one of the shortest speeches of the two month election Campaign it lasted less than five minutes Clark told a downcast crowd of supporters Here i regret tonight but that what democracy is the people of Canada have exercised their democratic we naturally accept that standing with his wife whose smeared makeup belied the tears she was trying to Clark thanked his workers and congratulated the liberals on their overwhelming he concluded his speech with the comment Good Luck to the Clark and his Cabinet were sworn in last june forming the first conserva Tive government in 16 his career to that Point was meteor a former journalist who Laboured in party Backrooms since his student Days at the University of Clark was elected for the first time in 1972 As my for the Alberta Riding of Rocky Moun in four years ago this Clark surprised everyone when he captured the party see Clark Page 4 inside today province sees red statistics released by the provincial government show Manitoba is deeper into debt despite higher Federal equalization dutch get revenge members of the Canadian olympic hockey team added insults to the injury when they beat the dutch but yesterday the dutch had revenge by beating All but eliminating Canada from medal Hopes 747 Bouey reprieve Over Index scores Bank of Canada governor Gerald Bouey want an election but it probably wont be Long before he is Back in the Light of controversy 733 making ends meet modelling in Winnipeg is just something you do to make ends says Marilyn whose Fine surface masks a rather arresting Interior that is Bright and forthright 717 Iran crisis near end Sun comes through former Fri director Edgar Hoover withheld evidence from the Justice department about a 1963 bombing that killed four Black children 39 american hostages in Iran could be released after president Banisadr approved an inquiry into the Shah alleged a Winnipeg couple got some help in cutting their heating Bills from their who built them a unheated addition to their opponents have criticized Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and threatened to Challenge her in the courts for dismissing nine state governments controlled by opposition 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