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‘brought out a larger yvote—about |

one percent. more than last year
which was a mayoralty year.
However, the vote in west end
polls was heavier than east end
polls, and it was only the very
large majority in the east end
favoring Sunday sports that
barely preventéd the west end
vote from defeating it.

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Key issues in the civic elec-
tion were brought forward by
progressive independant candi-
dates.

The campaign for lifting the
tax load off homes by compell-
ing Ottawa to assume the cost
of elementary education through
cuts in arms spending won wide
backing. And the demand for
taxation reform won such uni-
versal support that the NPA
council will be compelled in the
coming year to recognize this
public demand for tax relief,

The issue of crime and cor-

ate did not succeed in seeing

the. connection between the
Tammany-like NPA machine
and corruption in civic depart-
ments, — ~

An issue which came forward
prominently in the elections and
which return of all NPA alder-
men has aggravated is that of
lack of representation for the
eastern parts of the city, and
the demand for a ward system,
This demand will undoubtedly
grow in the coming ‘year and
will be widely supported by
broad sections of people. :
The campaign helped to widen
the debate around natural gas
and public ownership of the B.C.
Electric, with the NPA council’s
handing over of natural gas dis-
tribution to the B.C. Electric
coming under sharp fire.

Recognition of the widespread
,; demand for public Ownership was
, expressed by Alderman McTag-

gart in a statement that the pro- |

able machine and should not be ts
underestimated. At the same
time, the returns also show ih
powerful opposition is rising :
the NPA civic coalition of rea¢
tionary forces. ;

Superficially the NPA aP- -
pears as strong as ever, havin
elected its candidates to Sis
‘posts. But those who look be
low the surface see in the bie pi
independent vote this year the —
surest sign that the NPA haS
passed its peak and is goips .
downhill. All signs point ©
1956 being the year in which —
the biggest challenge to aaty
long reign of the NPA wi
shape up. :

The NPA can be defeated next
December by a coalition of anU™
NPA and reform forces, n
united labor movement an t-
big turnout of working class VO"
ers at the polls, This 15 |
main lesson of this years ©
tions.

WHAT ELECTION SHOWED Vantouvarie vote
: | = 8 lala
Vo Tisin meee
; re] 4 r?}e e¢ (Four Elected)
et George Cunningham (NPA) @oececec--s 40,873
‘ Jonathan’ Cornett’ (NPA) 2 40,198
ren agains Mrs. Anna Sprott (NPA) 36,458
|. Donate #. sMcl aggart (NPA) 2 31551
By MAURICE RUSH _ ; Halford. Walson (ind). So eta  e Ne
The Non-Partisan Association, which has dominated Vancouver City Hall for} Sydney Bowman (itid)) “snes Peta ieee 20,171
the past 18 years was severely shaken in last week's civic elections. Although it suc-} Archie Proctor (Ind) saise sees ee a 20,123
ceeded, as in most years since 1936, in capturing all seats for council, school and parks Effiewtones: (Indian on) ee ae 16,739
Beaks its victory did not come easy this year. The very large anti/NPA. vote, parbice| "Sam jenkins.-(ind:); ie ee 12,071
ularly a the eastern half of the city, gave the NPA some unpleasant moments on election Patrick ©! Donohue (dnd.) <8: ae ace
day. As results poured in, radio lessons. . . . It is possible to, though her vote represents a Maurice Rush (Ind.) Soc tec een ere eee eenenneeeeee ee neen ene on
commentators were compelled to| read in the heavy independent| five percent drop over last Albert Dunn (indie Sea te a a on ;
recognize the strong challenge/trend in the eastern section of year, this is mainly explained Peter McAllister (Ind.) eae Pic shh see ee a 4,524
made by independents. It was| the city that the ae spp a by the larger number of can- Arthur Riley (Ind.) Seas Eee eae, Rape 4,396
not until towards the end, when} Main Street feels it is being didates .
NPA vote came in| neglected.” z . . ;
meek waa class ae in the} Unfortunately the anti-NPA : In the school board race the Peco fein
west end of the city, that the| vote for council was split among independents polled large votes ( wo-year Term
NPA retrieved the council seat| ten independent candidates, a and increased their percentages (Four Electe d)
it was losing up to that point. situation which made the task| slightly. Top vote went to Dr.

Indicative of the rising anti-)of breaking the NPA grip more| Joseph Blumes who polled 32 es Reginald Atherton (NPA) -n-cccssesscssesees0--. .... 47,464
NPA sentiment in Vancouver is| difficult. : cent of the popular vote. eg M E tt Crowle (NP A) 46,865
the combined vote received by} A glance at the election results| newcomers who rolled up big WS:  aUeTe LOGY CINDER) BO OS M
independent candidates for coun-| will show that the vast majority| votes were Harry Rankin and Fred HED. NEA cg re ey Mo ye e 40,198
cil — 128,319 as compared to} of voters who wanted a change Kay Edwards, each of whom George Robson (ON PADS eee Sic cota 37,363
the combined NPA vote of 149,-|saw the alternative to the NPA| received over 30 percent of the : Ind 94197
080. in the three former aldermen| vote. Dr. Joseph Blumes ( n .) : e ;

Commenting editorially on the/and Effie Jones. These four Biggest percentage gain of any| Harry Rankin (lad!) Aeon eee 23,220
election results, the Vancouver received the top votes among the independent candidate was Wil- Catherine Edwards (Ind.) Srenbcageceeeteere 22a
Sun grudgingly concluded that] independents. liam Douglas for parks’ board. M Ind 17.368
“in the aldermanic contest there| The 16,739 votes gprs by | His 28,488 votes mupreecnted a| Mona Morgan (Ind.) ................. eee ;

a surprising showing by| Effie Jones confirms her as gain of 15.4 percent over last ; :
Bese of the Sater siects If the| one of the strongest anti-NPA | years’ vote when he also con- (One-year Term)
“NPA is wise it will study the| candidates for council. Al- tested a parks Diese sent (One he d)
SARE SANSA I EIA AI RA ei
, See ee ee). Bel Brome {VRA) ot ee, 43,349
part in the civic elections this ; ‘alk Ind 27718
KJ year. It was no secret that the} Horace Wainwright (In Disc iar eit a Ned :
NPA and its big business back-
x ers were jittery over the out- PARK BOARD
: come. In their desperation they (Three Elected)
resorted to redbaiting as a means
| of confusing the electorate and} William Calder PNRA Ye eer ee eee, 53,993
¥ turning them away from the in- E Ki P A) . 41.721
| dependent candidates. veret King OR) ae ee the
On the eve of the election Georre Wiainbom.(NPA) oo 40,47
: 2 yet Wii ta | ChemeseStepliens (Ind): Sa bese 6-5 30,089
i NPA for “keeping communists | William J. Douglas (Ind.) 2000... 28,448
out from ru the affairs
of the city.” Tom Alsbury, SUNDAY SPORTS ‘
| self-styled explainer of “labor’s Ree ee ee tees eee ai eee Ta 38,031
¥ view” who suffers from an’ Aga 36.124
% anti-communist obsession, par- ee ee arteenetenaeneeneeneeeeeeenee yt.
Ml en ee ee LAND ASSEMBLY BYLAW
ment. : : :
The day before election Als- POTS eae cts ee ee ee are 22,488
bury. came out with a blast ‘
against independent candidates Against PRES AERA ESR a nae Beane speach ere scone 24,378
who provided the only alterna- < = ; E ; . Blioible
tive to the NPA for many civic Voting analysis with 1954 figures in brackets: Eligib
Posts, It was given prominent| voters, 222,936 (219,333) ; Votes cast, ‘75,277 (72,033);
y| front page coverage by the Van- Percentage vote, 33.76 (32.8).
couvel Sun in the hope that it
: would confuse the working class meres
voters and help the NPA, os 3s
This year why not give %| This stunt may have confused} ruption in the police depart- vincial government would ped
¥ some people but in the main red-; ment was also a central issue, | mately Place the B.C. Electr
a ift subscri tion to ¥ belting wae Pelected by the vat! but because Mayor Hume, the | under public ownership. This .
g P 5 r ee in past years, the lack of| only elected member of the statement was an obvious man- j
i: th P ifi Tribune ? “i unity among anti-NPA’ forces police commission, was not up | oeuvre to direct public pressure ;
e racic ‘ and the failure of large numbers| for election, and because the | away from the NPA aldermen:
\ ; of working class voters to turn police probe had been conven- The election results have show?
ie 426 Main St., out at the polls helped the NPA. iently postponed, the elector- | that the NPA remains a formid-
Circulation Manager, Pacific Tribune, Room 6 - : The Sunday sports issue bf ’ .

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