Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba voters have tory defeat delights Brandon swings solidly to Macmaster loses in one mans dream another Nightmare by Gordon Sinclair a Little election night pub and poll the tories we rent the Only ones around tuesday dear John last John Robertson was telling me about two recurring nightmares he in he wakes up on the morning of and hears the Premier Howard Good in Robertson is Back Selling shoes at the like he did 25 years in his premed a things Arent that but As of last John Rober Ston is in a matter of two months Hes gone from making an incredible 000 a year with abcs 24 hours to making Sterling the didst even make i dropped in to see Robertson at his Annes Road Campaign Headquarters and found him in his Little there was a television beside and in living Black and White with a smile 17inches wide pre Mier elect Howard being led triumphantly before his some times one mans Nightmare is another mans Robertson sat there oblivious to the he was wearing a Blue a red Rose and the look of a football coach trying to figure out what went wrong with his we had no game he we flurries today 0 Cloudy tonight 5 november 1981 were making things up in the Hud Robertson was laughing and remarkably relaxed for a Man who had just been handed the vital Riding on All ironies official Csc election night a gift from a former col i with one poll Robert son had votes to new Democrat Jim Walding in the Days before yesterdays see Robertson Page 4 final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 3nd class mail is ration number 0286 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets nip scores 3423 Pawley sweep ousts Lyons tories pry by Ingeborg Boyens there were no second chances for the firs term conservative administration yesterday As Manitoba voters elected a 34seat new democratic party majority the voters apparent disapproval of Sterling Lyons policies left the prov Ince politically polarized and divided into North and the provinces two minority the Liberal and the progressive Par gave up All of their seats in the tories Call for review by Mary Ann Fitzgerald the defeat of the conservative government yesterday brought into the open some Calls for a review of pre Mier Sterling Lyons we lost so there must be a Vaughan a former Manitoba director of the National tory said last night at the party Wake at the Holiday inn after new democrats decisively swept the conservatives from several other who have been privately critical of Lyon style Leader echoed bards Baird picked tory member of parliament Jake Epp Provencher or Brian minister in Lyons Cabinet As men who can Lead us to upbeat and statesmanlike in gave no indication he is ready to step Down when he spoke to a still stunned by the magnitude of the 34 23 which had gathered at the downtown better than i have lost Winston Churchill lost in 1945 see Many Page 4 Manitoba legislature in the nip the conservatives were left with 23 losing 10 Ridings to the when the election was called 35 Days the tories held 32 seats in the legislature the 20 the Progress three the one and one Premier elect Howard Pawley earned per cent of the popular vote whittling conservative support to 44 per cent from its Al time High in our hard work and our Faith in the people of Manitoba has been Reward Pawley told euphoric supporters last night Over shouts of the official change in government will not take place for several Pawley and Lyon were to meet today after a Cabinet session to discuss the a session of the new legislature is Likely to be called before the end of the about or 73 per cent of the provinces eligible cast a ballot a close been pre it was Clear half an hour after the polls had closed that the nip were see new Page 4 vote comparison up tabulation of Manitoba election from of polls per cent by parties compared with vote in last with percentages in brackets Jim free press 1981 nip 47 pc 44 lib 7 others total 1977 38 49 13 x a jubilant Premier elect Howard Pawley addresses enthusiastic supporters after his party Victory last Era get tax Maceachen relents on budget to Spur apartment unit construction 1vivv of n n 1 n of Varia bin in party standings 1 3 four tory ministers fail in reelection bid i thousands of apartment units stalled or killed by thursdays Federal Bud get can now be finance minister Allan Maceachen said As Many As of those apartment units Are planned by Winnipeg Deve a local Developer said yester the loss of those rental mostly in the Calgary would mean a loss of about said w president of coordinated communities As Many As apartment units across the country would not Likely have been built As a result the budget Greenberg what the government had done by changing the rules on curbs Multi ple unit residential buildings in mid Stream ostensibly to close tax Loop holes for the Rich has put a halt to new rental accommodation in areas that really need Greenberg last thursdays budget changed immediately the method of deducting from tax the soft costs of a curb those soft costs promotion sex accounting and Mort Gage and interest expenses incurred during construction of a project could have been deducted from other income until but under the new those costs had to be capitalized along with hard costs and deducted As capital costs at five per cent a it was that immediate application of the new provisions that concerned Greenberg As much As the actual tax he said the government put the in United Way the Ashen face of George one of four conservative Cabinet ministers to be Defeated along with their government told the Story of his ours was the right 1 sin merely believed we would a dejected Minaker told a crowd of Down cast supporters in his James constituency for some we Minaker joined Energy minister Don education minister Keith and labor minister Ken Mac master As key losers last in an Macmaster said he will seek a recount in the Northern which he lost in a tight race to Steelworker Steve Macmaster said there were too Many discrepancies in vote which left him with votes to Ash tons there Are still 41 Hospi Tal Mailin votes to be the most surprising upset came with the defeat of Craik in Kiel constituency by his nip challenger Doreen do who lost to Craik by Al most votes in the last Provin Cial tallied votes to for at tory Campaign a subdued Craik professed More concern for the future of Manitoba than for his own personal worry about Don ill be Allim More worried about the Craik said he was concerned about what the new administration plans for proposed tory Meg projects the Alcan the Potash mine and the Prairie Power theres no question that an nip government could jeopardize these that what in worried about More than anything see four Page 4 its 1981 Campaign officially the United Way has reached per cent of its goal of 1981 1980 target Dusty in limbo by making the provi Sions effective immediately and it is that move which would have prevented the units from being but Greenberg also said in an inter View yesterday he hoped the govern ment would announce a Grandfather clause extending the curb tax shelter As they were before to the end of the later in the Day Maceachen announced the government is cd angry ing its budget proposals to permit the resumption of construction of thou see developers Page 4 Levesque rejects Compromise bid to draw Quebec into Constitution Ottawa up the Federal government and nine provinces agreed yesterday to modify their Constitution Al package in a bid to draw Quebec into the but Premier Rene Levesque rejected the Compromise As bickering continued Over guarantees of sexual Equality and another card was dealt in the High stakes game with the election of a new Manitoba there was no immediate comment on the Constitution from Manitoba Premier elect Howard whose new democratic party swept to Vic tory Over progressive conservative Sterling one of the most Stead fast opponents of a Strong charter of Federal nip Leader de Broadbent told a lat night Ottawa news conference that Pawley had strongly endorsed women and natives rights during the provincial there has been intense pressure on the Federal government since some provisions in both areas were dropped from the constitutional Deal signed two weeks ago by the eight other English provinces and precise details of the concessions offered Quebec were not made pub Federal officials said the changes were fashioned from proposals outlined saturday by prime minister Trudeau said then he was willing to water Down minority language Educa Tion allow provinces to receive compensation for opting out of pro Grams affecting culture and language and permit Quebec to limit the flow of workers into the Levesque told the National Assembly later yesterday nothing proposed to Date by the Federal or Quebec opposition Leader Claude Ryan goes far enough to bring the province to the bargaining the Premier picked apart suggestions Trudeau and Ryan on the three Points in dispute and warned we will not accept anything that will reduce matter How Little the Powers of the provinces Assembly and its mob violence Northern Ireland Secretary James prior faced an angry mob shouting murderer and traitor at the funeral of a slain protestant thread of a lifetime More arms president Reagan was scheduled today to make a speech on arms control aimed at convincing Western Europe of the need for More toed sports theres a basketball team in town that in a out of its although not necessarily out of its Index Ann 29 39 29 64 6 8 Jumble 37 37 7 sports 63 to ;