Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free november 1981 party labels Puzzle voters in Inkster they know Sidney but who Are progressives by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a number of Inkster voters Are con in their minds Sidney greens name has been synonymous with the new democratic party since and they voted for a progressive i vote progressive one Tyndall Park voter in not a progressive conserva i am Leader of the progressive being put before the Public for the first time in this Green says to such the nip has i have not i have the same ideas i had during those he ill have to think about said the Green was a familiar name to she had voted for him in the this sort of a High undecided vote and greens undisputed Day High profile one political poll in the area pinned it at Over 90 per cent compared with under 20 per cent for the Dps Inkster candidate Don Scott is giving the new democrats some concern and the conservatives and liberals a Glimmer of translating 1977 voting patterns to the vastly changed Inkster the and Green vote would be ahead of the Garden Grove and parts of Tyndall Park Are new untried by the the vast Northwest Winni Peg Riding is both ethnically and economically lacking Only the very the which is running by far the richest is winning the Lawn election sign but some tory voters say pressure is preventing Many ories from displaying their Intel Rose a conservative sup Porter who lives on Logan says a lot of conservatives in her District Are reluctant to put signs up because of pressure from their nip neighbors or from fear of some form of one 26yearold Burrows Avenue who would be identified Only As said when she put her sign up a neighbor came Over to Tell me that we live in an nip neighbourhood and to go with the it was done in Friendly but she hinted that i should change my her sign remains in her the Only tory sign amid a Forest of nip Lawn signs on the new say they Are experiencing incidents of Vandal ism and sign but the clues to the outcome Arent in lawns the progressives and liberals cant afford the key to the outcome is the kind of support Green can win under his new party Green will attract votes because of Green not because of the progressive predicts one nip worker in the but just How Many of the votes he won in 1977 As a new Democrat Are party votes and How Many Are Green none of the including the will if we lost a fair portion of our vote to we could not to but to the says nip Inkster Campaign organizer Doug he the response to Canvas sing in the area by a financial analyst formerly with the provincial is giving the nip reason for subdued Confidence and i mean the unknown Quantity of the Green Factor causes tory organizer Mel Trump to say enthusiasm among those working for tory candidate Bill a 63yearold school is grow this int a Token our main emphasis is to identify our vote and to make sure it is i think in the past some of the conserva Tive voters Haven bothered because they thought it was an nip constituent we Are emphasizing that every vote is Trump Liberal candidate Myroslaw a ukrainian Catholic priest who is a staff counsellor with the Federal corrections says the harder Green the better for the Liber wish hed Campaign despite the fact the liberals gleaned Only 934 votes in Tracz maintains i am not a Token All parties Early this week were still finding the undecided vote As High As Between 35 and 50 per new democrats deny they Are engaged in a grudge match against who defected from the nip in citing growing labor influence in the they say it is just a Standard they Are spending As much Money on nip Effort As the other three parties Davis estimates the Inkster Campaign will Cost the party Between 000 and Green says his Campaign Bill in the Riding will be less than tory financial officer Paul Janzen estimates the Cost to his party at about Tracz estimates his spending at under he cant afford Awn but he is spending Money on a Supply of milk a dog treat a Large number of Homes in the area have dogs of varying sizes and varying degrees of and All Candi dates say there is some fear among residents because of a couple of Mur Ders Anda shooting in the area in the last couple of with a Large number of for Sale signs evident in the there is no doubt that High mortgage rates and the High Cost of living headline the issues in the from the issues Are More ranging from the danger of railway Crossings to derelict houses which have been left As standing attractions to Sidney Green has i have not Pawley predicts and Pillwin at least 30 seats by Ingeborg Boyens Winnipeg free press Roblin it was a buoyant Howard Pawley who predicted with just four Days left in the election that his party would win Between 30 and 35 seats in the Manitoba in confident we Are going to form the he told listeners on an open line radio we wont go lower than the nip already has named a transition committee comprised of retired Las Saul Miller and Saul Cherniack in preparation for the Pawley said formation of the com Mittee want a sign of it was a Means to ensure the changeover on 17 is we dont want the chaotic bloodletting we had in he told we have plans for Victory or defeat and we have acted yet Pawley said the nip has lost elections before in the last few Days of the Only continued hard work would guarantee an nip supporters must work it is True that every one of our supporters has to work doubly hard to ensure a the party Leader said Premier Ster Ling Lyons recent vitriolic rhetoric helped convince him the nip was now during the dying Days of the he appears to be resorting to re smear and he it is the sign of someone that is desperate or otherwise it is because we have had a full Moon in the last couple of Pawley said he was disappointed Lyon had chosen to name Call rather than debate the conservative party organizers have turned Down requests for Public debates from the ctr and the free the leaders euphoria was shared last night by about 200 supporters who turned out to a meeting in organizers took turns to ridicule Lyons reference to the nip As the no damned Progress nip stands for Nash Dobra Paw Ley ukrainian for our Good Paw said bilingual my Laverne shouted Over Din said songwriter sympathizer Walter it Means there is no Damn problem Pawley will be the new dynamic Roblin Russell candidate Zane won today said Manitoban be intimidated by Lyons he infringes on the intellect of the people of this he Hawleys noon hour appearance yesterday at the University of Brandon canteen hardly gave the party cause for As the Leader was forced to shout Over the Din of lunch conversations and the crackle of potato applause came Only from party organizers and the single table of nip but student Union president Drew Caldwell said Pawley attracted about three times the number of people conservative finance minister Brian Ransom did nip wins narrowly in Csc phone poll the nip will win tuesdays Provin Cial election by a narrow if a Csc poll conducted last night is acc at the beginning of the supper hour news Csc asked which party is your Choice to form the next government viewers were invited to phone one of four Manitoba Telephone system num each corresponding with a Politi Cal when the Call was connect a taped message told the caller the vote had been recorded for that partic ular the figures were automatically tabulated of a which was capable of handling Over Calls in the by the end of the supper Calls had been received with the Fol lowing tally new progressive lib 632 and executive producer for 24 Marvin admitted the poll was it is definitely and totally uns Cien but it has proven to be quite effective in the United he perhoch said the poll cannot be considered scientific because it has no control Over who phones a 50cent charge was placed on the Call to deter people from voting More than he also said he kept the poll a secret so the political parties arrange for supporters to co chairman of the nip election said although the poll cannot be considered the results Are it shows we have a narrow Lead but its a tight he we think theres a slight swing towards Jim Premier Sterling Lyons press its not scientific it May suggest that so Many people called in and so Many people said but it cant suggest Liberal Leader Doug Lauchlan found the poll interesting but said he didst take it too its not a valid poll because a voluntary Call is not a random he All the initiative rests with the individual to Call progressive Leader Sidney didst think the poll was answered an accurate Cross Section of its really designed to see How fast the parties can get people to phone he at the time of that we would not have had a single staff member on Blind voters ballot available Blind voters now have the Freedom to vote without the assistance of a sighted a Blind voter template Manitoba election form 514 has been developed so a Blind voter can Complete his ballot these templates Are available from the Deputy returning officer at All polling if a Blind person does not wish to use the he May continue to receive assistance from a Friend or from the Deputy returning where Are the leaders Sterling Lyon pc today attends breakfast meeting in Charleswood followed by Mai Street ing in the makes announce ment at 3 at Concordia Hospital before leaving for Brandon for major political address at Keystone tomorrow at 6 campaigns in Kildonan Riding with candidate Ken Howard Pawley nip today Pawley will spend the mom ing campaigning in Neepawa with Rose candidate Pete Mai streets in Dauphin in the afternoon with candidate John plot at 6 he attends dinner sponsored by Dauphin nip and Speaks at a Public meeting at 8 at the ukrainian Catholic tomorrow address candidates and party people at 11 at Winnipeg convention later in the Day campaigns in Winnipeg and Doug Lauchlan lib today canvassing in Winnipeg from 10 to noon and 2 to 4 tomorrow holds open House from 7 to 9 at Wolseley constituency Sidney Green Prog today at 3 Green attends a Public meeting at Swan River with candidate George he and Simpson will attend Public meeting in Minitonas at tomorrow holds Public rally at 8 in Winnipeg convention ;