Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 12, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november redi Strib by Fred Cleverley redistribution has worked hardships against the incumbent candidates in the three Urban Ridings of Brandon Brandon West and of the the sitting member for bran Don Len seems Best Able to weather the redistribution for the other the contests will be More while the threat to the conservative hold on Brandon and on James posed by redistribution May be More difficult to the reaction in both constituencies appears to be an organization that is going full blast to hang on to the As Community services minister George Minaker when asked Why he did not seek the political safety of the new constituency of Kirkfield located deep inside solid Blue tory if everyone did the government would blow to Minaker Hopes when the redistribution lines were Minaker lost predictable votes which had helped give him his better than majority in 1977 from the Western part of the an area butting against Silver and received less predictable support from Len Dominos old seat of Matthews and the old constituency of held in the last legislature by new Democrat Brian the conservatives claim their Street teams report that the support gained by conservatives in these two areas in 1977 is not Only but is the voting pattern overlays show if people vote exactly the same this time around As they did in Minaker should win the seat by about the new Factor for Minaker is the reemergence of the former new democratic attorney Gen Al As his nip oppo Minaker beat Mackling by 374 votes in when Mackling was among the Small group of Schreyer Cabinet ministers to lose their in an election that returned the Schreyer in 1977 the fight was Between min Aker and Curtis who lacked Mackling constituency recognized ability As Campaign workers would probably describe the this time Al Mackling is but the same organization he appeared to causes s 4 f s v Brandon constituencies take on a different look As a result of Boundary changes that alter their political have in earlier Battles is not As much in James has a progressive Candi but no Liberal leaving a question Mark around the identifiable Liberal vote in the a vote that has ranged Between a High of for Lloyd Axworthy when he fought against conservative Doug stanes in and a Low of 749 picked up by Jim Wilson in the Lack of a Liberal candidate this time leaves open speculation As to the Desti nation of Liberal the two Brandon which exist in an electoral Island surrounded by the enlarged Minnedosa Are also affected by Len a former Schreyer Cabinet minister who has represented the constituency of Brandon East Ever since it first appeared on election maps in has won every election since with the he picked up new territory this time unfortunately for him mostly tory the main opposition to Evans in this election appears to rather from the Liberal Brandon City councillor mar Garet has a few signs and a few but she also has a City Council Ward that has elected her for the past eight years which is located right in the Centre of Brandon one of her Campaign workers mentioned that no one should be surprised if the Liberal candidate ends up Sec behind but ahead of the tory hopeful Garry a 40 year old no one seriously doubts Evans ability to hold on to the because of his reputation As a tireless worker for his constituency and because of his practice of running a textbook the new democratic hold on bran Don East seems almost As firm As the tory hold on some Rural constituent where the common saying is that if a pig were nominated As the conservative the pig would be the same cannot be said of the conservative position in Brandon where the new democratic lawyer Henry is taking his third bite of the election he received votes in and in when conservative de Mcgill took the seat by redistribution sliced away nearly votes in the solidly Blue edges of the constituency and gave them to the predominantly Rural constituency of where conservative Dave Blake needs extra support As much As Premier Lyon does in the tories in Brandon West have reacted As the tories have done in they have a seemingly tireless machine that spews out and sends workers into the Street from what appear to be endless their pharmacist business Man John has the appearance of a successful a cookie Cutter tory image that appears to have been stamped out before they threw the old George Drew Mold Cost of tory principles with such a and such a the conservatives in Brandon have every Confidence of if they Are denied this it May be because the party stood on its Princi in the Brandon rather than bowing to popular lurking in the background is the Sekine bicycle Plant this located at the old air Force base at is backed mainly by Brandon it is suffering from interest rates and mar Ket and asked Ottawa for the same funding assistance received by the com Plant in Ottawa provided that Sekine met the same financial pattern As a pattern that required an 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