Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free october voting traditions have Hurt liberals in Manitoba elections by s n060dy under the age of 65 has elected a Libers Goven Kniffi in Man it was 1953 and Louis Laurent was prime Jaskie Rife Frisen was base of the there were six teams in the National by and human kind had not yet tured into space when the liberals last won a provincial election in the ins ase was under the Label Liberal the of its won 32 of the 57 seats in the Provin Cial legislature and Douglas Campbell served his last term As but those Days Are caught Between the Vise of the progressive conservatives on the right and the new to party on the the liberals have done better than third Only once since when they finished a narrow second under the leadership of Sharon car stairs in the election of that the Only time since 1966 that the liberals have won As Many As 10 seats in a Manitoba on Only one other Occa Sion during that period have the liberals won More than five in the Low Point was when the liberals were unable to Field a full slate of Candi dates and did not win a single there Are voting said Jim former Deputy Leader of the provincial Liberal the tradition is to vote nip when people Are mad at the tories and to vote tory when they Are mad at the nip and to pass Over the party in the they seem to go to the party that has the Best Chance of forming a the liberals have always been up against the Why waste my vote that Hast left much room in the Centre for the especially with Manitoba tradition of pragmatic Middle of the Road leadership from both tory and nip govern and the provincial liberals have suffered from the fact that their Federal counter parts have usually been in office in Ottawa leaving local liberals with the sometimes onerous task of defending the Federal gov when the liberals were in office under Pierre liberals tended to do by in provincial elections across the the same was the Case for tories under Brian and the situation has not been much bet Carstairs liberals finished Ter for liberals in other the Ontario for have lost All but one provincial election i the past 60 in the Ontario provincial elec Tion of 1987 Marks the Only Victory by the liberals in a provincial election in any province West of Quebec in the past 30 a combination of a dynamic inter Esting polices and anger at the two other parties created the Only real Success for the liberals Over the past 40 years when Carstairs leadership led to a near Victory in and Carr there have been lost opportunities for the Carr speculated that a Quick defeat of the tories in the provincial legislature after the 1988 vote and a snap election would have put the liberals Over the but Carstairs damaged her credibility by changing her mind and supporting Meech recalls University of Manitoba Politi Cal scientist Paul the real tur thing Point for the liberals was Thomas when the nip Rose from third place to win the provincial elec tit Punjer de Schreyer and the liberals Sank to third place from 1 when Schreyer there was no room in the Thomas politics was i Carr said despite the history of there is still Hope for the provincial Liber safety notice issued for circuit Breakers to leveral Pioneer elec m Trie has issued a safety notice regarding Federal Pioneer nc015 and Cpl sep circuit which it says May not always the company said in a pre pared statement yesterday the circuit Breakers will continue to protect anticipated overloads and Short under All circumstances the Power can be turned off by moving the circuit breaker Han dle to the off the company said Only Cir Cuit Breakers installed since Are affected by the safety if panels Bear the names pal Federal fee Federal or Federal Pioneer and Are equipped with Blue handles and if the handles do not have holes through Home owners Are urged to Call toll free 18885195556 As soon As officials at Schneider Canada in Winnipeg were unable to discuss technical details about the 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riot broke out in april he was among 21 lotto medium Security inmates who received temporary absences the Day after the riot to relieve pressure on the damaged he was to have returned to the jail in late but by that time he was already in custody for the May 10 beating death according to a review of the riot written by Justice Ted staff deciding which inmates would be considered for Early release looked at their current the nature of their Previ Ous their age and their history of substance among other despite having a history of numerous assault impaired driving and failing to com ply with probation Souire was released the government should explain Why he was released and i an apology and compensation should be the Day after the riot with just Over a month left on his most recent me didst even have any conditions to adhere said noting Souire had Only to report to the Community release Centre at least some conditions would have been a Stop Gap measure so if he re offended he would be returned to were within a month of issuing the temporary the Justice department had returned nine inmates to Hughes concluded six of them were never eligible to be released in the first Hughes interviewed Futchs family for the in he when court proceedings Are con if it remains the wish of the family Mem 1 would be prepared to look further into the mat because Souire has not yet been sentenced and his lawyer has a month to decide whether or not to Appeal the Justice minister Vic Toews said he comment directly on the he pointed to a recent supreme court Deci Sion requiring him to wait until the process is com he noted that discussing the Case would be illegal at this Point and questioned Why Mackintosh was not similarly abiding by the High courts but he did say he haunt considered the possibility of having Hughes review the Toews also noted Hughes recommended a bet Ter information system that would allow corrections staff to Access the entire history of an inmate so they can make More 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