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Joanne: Monaghan

makes her election night statement.

By. icerria ALFORD -
Herald Btalf' ‘Welter.
TERRACE ‘White . the

NDP was Belling beer. for 75. .
cents at ite victory party .
and the Socreds were selling

the same suds for $1.75, the

Socreds are still talking of a. |

victory. in Skeena,’ while

«Frank Howard: proclaimed :

“Himsel the a violor at 10: or

Classifieds

p. m. “Thursday. night.. .
Frank: Howard, : NDP

. house « leader, . declared.

himself. the. victor by 400
votéa in Skeena ., while
neither - party:.’

_Yesuits from either Kitimat

or Smithers. °. Both parties. -
“kriew. Socred challenger
Joanne Monaghan had won ~

. Terrace. by; 8. 600: ‘vote. ”

“pages10 ad

‘margin,

t.

_eeported today.

By BRIAN GREGG
Herald Editor ©

_ The healthy endomement of the § Social Credit! Thursday
was a move by. British: Columbian’s to create.economic

slability in the pFovince andivoters i in Skeena showed the: .

“same, “concekn, even saree Prank Howard's: NDP. rural

-2981- votes to Howard 2214 votes and Sear’s 60 votes.
Thornhill she took’ 82: votes to Howatd’s 902 votes and
Sear’s 33 votes, In Glentanna, Monaghan had 293 vates to

ill: Indian Sane that “have'been traditional .
Gitwatigak. netted Howard’ with 90 -
cs Wotes, far example, while’ ‘Joanne ‘Monaghan ‘only: received .
“one: sehen And i in n Kitseguelila ‘Howard took 135 votes. to.

Howard's 125 votes and Sear’s 14 votes. ‘At Lakelse Lake
she took 60 votes to Howard' 's 25 votes and Sear’s four. votes.

The first return of the evening set the.stage for the: sharp. -

. contrast between’ the two leading tandidates, ‘however as
the larger centers phoned’ in’ thelr “results ‘the margin

narrowed as-the figures increased; The first poll Was”

Hartley Bay with - ‘Monaghan . “recdiving § seven votes to
Howard's 73 votes and Sear’s “one, vote,

Monaghan received 471 yotes, in N

6 to Howard's: 792

and Sear’s 20 votes, She’ got 983-in Kildala ‘to-Howard’s 394
and Sear’s 13. In Kemano she took 49 votes to Howard's 65

. votes and’ Sear’ 8 one. vote. She had 61 Totes in-Cable Car t6”

Howard's 70 votesand-Seai’s five votes: : In. Whitesail she

. had 682 votes to Howard's 79) votes

.Monaghan’

dSear’s24votes..

_ 3 strength: was; getting. “her ‘people out to the
_polls.. With only. a: moderate’: niimber: of: last minute

_ registrations under Section 80 of: the' Elections Act the polls

where she.was ahead were these

‘polls: “with a’ “high voter

- turnout. At the last minute exira. ballots had tobe supplied

‘at some polls: ‘because. of the high: turnout. :

Thoriahili had a 76:3 per cent, turndut; “Terrace, hed a 6. 3
per cent rurnout, In Smithers the ‘turtibiat was 72.3 per cent.

In. Glentanna there -was 70.1" percent turnout.
“Monaghan stronghold of Lakelse: Laki

The

“Howard also. got his voters out in, his areas of support. In
“Cable Car the turnout was 79 per cent In Kitseguekla the
--furnait was 71.7 per cent. Glen Vowel, another Haward
stronghold, had a 77: ‘per cent ‘turmout. Only Cedarvale
North where Howard and Monaghan’ polled six votes each
was there only a 50 per cent turnout; the lowest in the riding.

‘No polls at Rosswood were reported election night. There
were only 6G eligible Voters in that coinmunity, however,
The four hospital polls were also expected to be counted and

rousing: cheers - the first

- Faced with the major ~sined they ‘watched the two

‘Socred win in the: province ©
_ and given a clock as.a gift,
’ Howard said it would be

_ ticking away, until Ahe next ;

election:

- the main Toca i issue, B a.
Ferry : ‘service: to Kitlmat,"
promised ©.” by : both.
candidates is. now ‘unsure,
according to Howard,’

ft

The NDP. “house: leader :
_ Feconfinned that “his party:
_ Jeader' Dave Barrett would «
* petite, but Howard sees no"
__ Clem eplacement at this.
- time: Howard said hie would’ |
not consider it for himself at -
- thf tithe, but might have 10
years’ ago.:

‘The Vietorious’ incumbent”
eked with :
fo

entered théhali
over 300 of ils mippérte

4 tie

{
ai

TV's: present show the
Socred trend,
Howard credited his. win
te those pedple-who were in
_ the root | and refused even’
: to guess: on te reasons for-

‘the provincial ‘Bocred
“Tagjarity, o
Howard dlacounted:

‘returning ‘forest. mihister-
Tom Waterland's: reéent.
statenient that B.C, Timber
-Tnuat “log it or lose "on lis
’ timber * ‘supply area,
terming It ‘'a deathbed
repentence”

: Joanne Monaghan
arrived at ‘her’. Terrace
“party at midnight; ‘Making
a shor! speech aftet taking a’
phone cali, from her
Smithers hesliquarters, she

‘told’ ‘a surprisingly, quiet

“erowd .6f.100,
Alan yet.”

“We're not

mi

had: ‘an 60 per cent.

we tof

Frank Howard
takes a bow in an NDP victory in ‘Skeena. .

concede, Howard replied oo

* don't: give a (blank), and.

"you can quote me on that,”

“": The Socreds ‘celebrated

» Monaghan ended her brief. their _provincial | win ‘more-

_étaterient.
supporters to “take care” _
Until thé last 100 votes were
counted. She told. the press.”
'8h6 had not expected ‘the
‘Socred
provincially, to be: as. great
a it. was.

> yolth the counted votes ‘at
‘night'wend giving Howard a
450. vote ‘vietory ; margin,
Le “section 80" votes are -
still to be counted of May

majority.

17.3: Section 60 is those”

people ‘who '.. were hot .
registered prior to walking
into the. polling place,

_ When. asked for comment

-by--—telling —* “quietly. tt ‘than “the NDP. did.

their Skeens victory.

- With press : and publie «
“banned from ‘Terrace NDP
headquarters . over. 200
people were atthe Terrace
hotel watching two TV's and

‘cheering ad Wasing at’

early returns. Ag more and
more  So¢reds were
‘declared elected by BCT V's
computer, ihe NDPera got
“quieter agd quieter, except
when Howard's reaulia were
_ announced as local polls
were reported...

‘Tarrace ‘Socred
headquarters had less than

on: Monbghan & refusal to 25 People standing around a

Peete ees

single TV set. 1
appeared “to start their
victory party’ at noon ‘on
Thursday. At the Sotked
-oafficial party about 166
‘“Bupporters. very quietly sat.
and talked with each other. .
_ There was'a single TV on,
bit no one seemed fo: be
watching - it;

They had”
table, “|.

Getting theif resilts passed Along. Mo

as rumor. from, tbid to

- Various ‘members. of
:the press found the Socred -
“atmosphere almost “weird” .

‘Considering - the stiinning.
-victory they had just
-achieved in B.C. The quiet”
‘gould be taken aé a.
they were “: siatementot “wekhew ial

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