Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 15 election 81 Leader Doug Lauchlan says liberals face massive rebuilding during the years ahead Lauchlan warns polarization May create political turmoil by Paul Moloney pledging to stay on As Leader of the annihilated Manitoba Liberal Doug Lauchlan warned last night that without an alternative political voice Manitoba could be in for British style right versus left political its not possible for righting leadership like Sterling Lyons to maintain control in this and if the nip move further left than former pre Mier de they wont last who conceded defeat immediately upon entering his Sherbrook Street Headquarters at about 9 termed such polarization a destructive Force which Doest fully reflect the views of the tradition of liberalism in Mani Toba is very that tradition was partly expressed in the nip Lauchlan said the who won Only one seat in the last had a difficult Job but he expressed Surprise at the degree of polarization in yesterdays valuable asset he said an alternative such As that provided by fort Rouge la june Westbury during the last four was a valuable asset to Manitoba poli i think Westbury made an enormous contribution to the last legis and the legislature is the poorer for her he told a subdued crowd of about 150 supporters at his reporters that the party Felt it a Chance in fort Rouge and Rupert land and hoped to make gains in River Heights and Portage la he said the unpopularity of Federal liberals was not a Strong negative fac other than Rupert land where the constitutional Accord left natives Dis he said the vote reflected a desire to get the Lyon which was seen As too right Lauchlan did not attempt to put a Bright face on the defeat of All 39 Liberal who won Only seven per cent of the popular vote compared with 13 per cent won by 57 candidates in we got that the Bottom there is a psychological Impact of losing that hard to Deal the with no voice in the legislature for at least the next four will have to work tirelessly to maintain visibility and Ward off total he business and civic leaders reacted to the election of an nip government in Manitoba yesterday with guarded optimism while labor leaders said they Are expecting a better Alcan spokesman de Martens said last night the company Hast changed its desire to own Hydro generation facilities for its proposed smelter regardless of the nip position that there not for this Doest mean an agreement cant be worked but with the new Martens adding Alcan has kept the nip in formed of the discussions to certainly at this Point our position remains the same that we want to have ownership of our share of the Power i think some sort of arrangement can be worked the company has proposed to pay for a Hal interest in the proposed Limestone generating station on the Nelson River which would provide Power to the weve stated throughout the Campaign that Alcan would take a nonpartisan should we build a Well live through Many gov John operations manager for Potash operations of International minerals and chemicals in Sas refused comment on How the change in government could affect mics proposal to develop a Potash mine near i dont know what the procedure will be from this Point i cant make any comment on what might happen or what might not he earlier this the Manitoba government said it would spend at least million Over five years for 25percent interest in the reserves judgment Jim chair Mario the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian manufacturers said he Doest foresee difficulties with the new but he reserved judgment until he sees How it performs in the it depends on what policies they put through As to whether business shies away or he Wright said the Cha is strictly but added that business peo ple traditionally have looked to the pcs for support while remaining cautious of the he said the election of an nip government brings the possibility of increased government regulation of corporations and control of that something that is of concern to the private but youd have to look at what they do with Jack Winnipeg chamber of Commerce said the nip election is not the end of the most business people will be mildly he business in general was hoping the conservatives would get but i dont think its doom and gloom for Hignell said the two major parties have the same but would use different methods of reaching the he promotes social change which can Lead to economic improve whereas the pcs promote eco nomic change in Hope that it will improve social Pawley appears to have been trying not to make any enemies in the business he it will be interesting to see what happens with the defeat delights Green Public saw conservatives As i progressive says by Brian Cole a despondent Sidney Green Sank Back into the Couch of his mall hotel room and watched quietly As the Tele Vison told him what he had suspected All when an electorate wants to get rid of a he they vote for the opposition party that has the Best Chance to i knew that would the progressive party Leader said after watching new Democrat Don Scott pile up an Early Lead on his Way to a devastating Victory in Inkster cons Titu like the other 35 candidates of his stillborn Green want even he finished third with 709 compared with for Scott and for conservative candidate Neil Santos wins former nip education minister Ben Hanuschak and a corrections minis Ter Bud who with Green split to form the new party earlier this were both handily Defeated Boyce ran dead last in fort Rouge with just 172 while Hanuschak ran third in Burrows with 894 votes against for nip Victor Conrad an associate professor of Public administration at the University of took every one of Bur rows 52 polls to beat tory Mary a 50yearold by a margin of Hanuschak won the Riding for the nip in j977 by Liberal Wayne Anderson received 608 votes last while Manitoba communist party Leader Paula Fletcher had a few Hundred sombre progressive spent a quiet evening watching the results in the basement of the mall the mood picking up slightly whenever one of their Candi dates placed ahead of a that All i care said Ross Mere candidate Merv Unger As fellow progressives mulled Over the proud of Effort the progressives As a whole did Green and other party members said they Are proud of the Effort and the Impact they had on the Public just didst see it our said on a personal highly regarded As an Able admitted that he was disappointed by his but he quickly added that he is not the Public saw the conservatives As 1 did and when they asked them selves who could defeat they decided to vote he after 15 years As an including eight As a key Cabinet minister in the former nip Green will return to his Law practice and consider his political future at a later while in disappointed for myself and the other members of the i am Happy the people have rejected the he in very satisfied that they have been repaid for some of their nefarious such As the Tritchler inquiry into Hydro he said the progressives had an important Impact on the Campaign and the nip win because they forced the new democrats to Back away from a Promise to introduce anti Scab Legisla the policy and the Dps close ties to organized labor were the main reasons for the progressive party he r no party that had such a Strong labor platform could and they withdrew that platform he Murdoch who lost three previous elections As a new Democrat before placing a poor fourth in worse Ley last night with just 222 said the progressives would but stopped Short of committing him self to run in the next said he was pleased that the conservatives were but was sceptical about the Dps chances of living up to the electorates expect said the nip won because they gave people they said they would do wonderful but the nip cannot fulfil its promises because the province is virtually he Mackay speculated that the nip would implement its Inex pensive such As rent controls and anti Scab an la for 15 years and an nip Cabinet minister for said he will work As an agent for several Book publishers during the next four vote against tories conceding defeat in Han Uschak attributed his downfall to a vote against the conservative govern but warned that organized labor would deeply influence the new nip now people will get a taste of government from the Manitoba federation of he adding that voters May find they got something they didst the provinces first la of filipino said voters backed his candidacy because of antipathy toward the Santos added that Burrows residents backed the nip because they have deep roots Here about the party and opposed Hanuschak the Victory marked santos1 first Success As a he for Winnipeg City Council in Ward in 1977 and 1980 and unsuccessfully contested the nip nomination in fort Garry Riding in the1974 provincial constituency first As an is to serve my constituency because they were complaining they had been neglected in the Santos Hanuschak had represented Bur rows in the legislature since defeating Liberal la Mark Smerchanski for the seat in from 1971 1977 he was education minister in the Schreyer Hanuschak said two factors in his defeat were the newness of the progressives and endorsements of Santos by Well known new democratic maps David Orlikov and Stanley nobody knew who the hell Conrad Santos but Knowles says he is a Good therefore vote for he like Hanuschak didst see ethnic voting As a significant Factor in the Dps win in filipin canadians comprise no More than five or 10 per cent of Bur rows slavic canadians ukr i russian about 35 per cent and the remainder Are thing he Hanuschak said he and his wife de most of the Homes in the Riding and didst find a hostile reaction to is leaving the voters expressed Hope that myself and the nip would be Able to resolve the differences Between Manitoba federation of labor presi Dent Dick Martin expects better cooperation with an nip it Means the working class person in Manitoba is going to have a better he one of the first on hand at the nip Victory said the is a workers party and will listen to their he denied that labor has increased its influence Over the party in recent very Good group Martin said he will lobby labors concerns including pressing for anti Scab legislation despite the party previous rejection of such an ill continue to press this govern ment As i did the he he said a workplace health and safety act and changes in the labor relations act Are top Priori Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie expects the City to have a different relationship with Premier elect Howard Hawleys administration than it had with the nip government under there a very Good group very he adding that he knows Many of the new the former nip with its conditional had a More centralist accenting its control Over jointly funded the mayor i dont detect that in the present membership of the in Pawley or in the prospective government Cabi net Norrie but the Schreyer government was also the one which let Manitoba municipalities in on a Small portion of its personal and corporate income tax and let them have the amusement mayor regardless of the government on the issues Between Winni Peg and the province dont the mayor seven women elected record for legislature including five new were elected in yester Days the largest number of females Ever to win seats in the Mani Toba it has to seen As a particularly because its the first time a female nip la has been said Maureen Hemphill who won in Logan it is a bit of a Victory for we campaigned very Muriel who won Osborne for the but while the victories must be now edged As a breakthrough for at least three of new Las emphasized that they Are not interested in Only feminist for new Democrat Myrna who won said the big issues in her constituency were housing and new Democrat first Hemphill said she is concerned mainly with intercity issues and hous ing renewal while Smith said she was interested in the other female new Democrat winners were Doreen Dodick who Defeated Deputy Premier Don Craik in Riel and Mary Beth Dolin who won the new constituency of the progressive conservatives elected Gerrie Hammond in Kirkfield Park and Charlotte Oleson in Phillips said she and her female colleagues decided to contest the elec Tion because they Felt the Dps loss in 1977 was due to inaction on a myriad of although she said she was concerned about so called women such As family adequate child care programs and equal pay for equal work status for Phillips emphasized that she campaigned on the wide Range of issues that affect All people in a new Democrat she said in Aii interview Phillips emphasized she and her female colleagues would make sure women issues Arent Given a Low Hemphill echoed Phillips Ding that she received support from All segments of Westbury left room for Liberal la june who lost her seat in yesterdays elec gained some Consolation from the fact that seven women were voted i Hope they wont sit around trying to look Beautiful and serve their constituencies she the new members five new democrats and two tories will also be Able to make use of the women Las washroom which Westbury fought to have for that we can be she maybe Call it the West Bury Pawle was also reminded of the Buffy As he descended from a platform after making his acceptance speech last a hand emerged from the crush of sup porters and grabbed you did a smashing said the accompanying just dont forget the women washroom in the free press Green concedes the Public just didst see ;