¢t . PAGE Ea How they went poll by poll _ Below are the poll by poll statistics which resulted in the re-election of Skeena MP Frank Howard. Several polls have not been received by returning officer Nick Gurvich, Poll results will not be official until Nov. 16. _ Grassy Plains - -Cally Mount’ Norallee . - Tatalrose '.Ootsa Lake Wistaria Cheslatta Takla Landing - Kemano Bay Pe - Kitamatt Mission < -KITIMAT SS Nithi ‘River 7 ’ Fraser Lake — \ Lejac Fort Fraser |. “Engen ~~ : Nechako “ Vanderhoof . ° ‘Fort St. James ; ~ Necoslie - _‘Pinchi Lake ~ Hartley Bay : Le Truteh Is,” av "Tell | : 4 “Skidegaié Mis. ‘ en. Lake. Klemp tu | Ralthow Lake: care ae ‘Kitgumgallum Liike :Naga- ‘Canip" 4 . Conservative so. Gy mao 328 Pleasant Camp 22°83 Bennet Atlin 15 18 66. Cassiar 118 52 110 Good Hope Lk. B 9 31 Dease Lake ‘NoFinal . Telegraph Ck.. No Final Eddontenajon 8B 2.11 Aiyansh re 5 11 9 Canyon City - : -1 3 19 Greenville ok No Final Kincolith No Final Stewart 53 47 91 Granduc 80 39 96 Alice Arm No Final Dodge Cove . 8 3 #8 Port Simpson _ §2 94 SL’ Hunts Inlet on Oona River : ; 4 Metlakatla . 4 28 Kitkatla - 5 10 76 PRINCE RUPERT 1049 1455 2250 Port Edward 21-28 14a TERRACE ‘Unavailable Thornhill 107 195 372 Copper River 17:15 25 Lakelse . No Final Usk il 3 27 Cedarville _ NoFinal Woodcock a 1 5 2 Kitwanga . ae 43 40 104 Kitwancool 3 0 55 Skeena Crossing 2 4 8 South Hazelton sO _ Hazelton — 21 42 72 | - New Hazelton poe BO 68 116 ‘ Glen Vowell Res. es 4 1 35 : Kispiox 10 2 28 Kispiox Res. — 6 5 Moricetown . 6 10% Fort Babine ' NoFinal Evelyn 4 22 20 Glentanna 3°17 42 Smithers 433 539.803 Telkwa 37 «686 131. Houston 317 163 319 Topley ... = Popley ple Land a ‘Rose esttale ont Paling ete Decker Lake ri ae Endako — 7 Francois Lake South Bank :’ geive support ~ -plected members ‘in his, party. * > - When his'first election.day as. ~~ party: Jeader-ended, Mr. Lewis — _ |‘and* 29° other’ New Demberats - were’ assured of ‘seats, There was s ‘possibility of Baining. two : mHesaidhe wanted | jo talk over . .>, thenebulous result. of. the mer federal vote with. other party - _ . people before making a-definite . Statement today becatise of the “really difficult: situation’ now BIG TOP: BUYS... S\Read the Want Ads The party won Canada’s -30th federal election today—subject to some likely recounts—easing out’ -the governing Liberals 109 seats to wthe minority ‘government —of whichever party—opens the door to a confusing con- stitutional question that experts say may not be resolved for weeks, The northern Saskatchewan riding of Meadow Lake was the pivotal constituency in the clos- est general vote in Canadian ‘history, Incumbent Conservative ‘AL bert Cadieu squeezed past early leader Elias Nesdoly who was running for the: New Demo- cratic Party. The NDP was left with a record 30 seats, = Recounts, however, in several ‘seats could affect “re outcome. Final results will not be certain for at least a week; perhaps two. The parliamentary future is uncertain. Either of the old-line parties will need the New Democrats, — balance-of-power holders, for support. JOHN TURNER .. re-elected RON BASFORD .» elected NDP will - support minority TORONTO (CP) — Pleased but cautious after leading the New Democratic Party to a record number of Commons seats, leader David Lewis _ pledged Monday to support any - minority government that would adequately tackle Can- ada’s economic problems. _. “We wouldn't go for tokens,” ihe greying, 63-year-old party leader told a midnight news "" gonference in his York . South ” -\ Fiding here. But’ any government’ that: systein of giving big companies ; taxand gtant breaks, would re- “from “the 30 _facing the country. °.." “NO RUNNING AWAY? Canadians : would | not “be - happy: with: another’ election: in - 4wo or three months, he sald as wee ‘his party tallied up enough’ seats . 2 - tomake them balance-of-power me . holders in the next Parliament, | -But the NDP “‘will not be. in- “ o ‘timidatéd into -accepting any- thing fer the sake of avoiding an : ‘election Progressive . would deal with unemployment, ~ « the high cost of living’ ‘and the There are 264 seats. in the Commons so 133 are needed for & majority. The Speaker of the House ran and was elected as an independent. Prime - Minister Pierre Trudeau said through his office that he will meet with his cabi- net Wednesday, then make a- statement on the outcome. Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield is to return to Ottawa from Halifax for a new confer- ence late Tuesday. , New Democrat Leader David Lewis, conferring with party people in Toronto, said he would comment after listening to what the other leaders had oO say, Social Credit Leader Real Caouette, whe -won 15 seats— two of them in up-+to-the-wire ridings today—conceded that the immediate future rests in the hands of the other parties. This was the standings . of parties with all ridings report- Ing: JEAN-LUC PEPIN .. defeated . ‘1972 1968 1965 Prog. Con 168 #72 Lib. 108 155 . 131 NDP 300 22 21, SC 5 oe 14 Others ready to form a government, but “I think we should wait and see what the morning brings.” New. Democratic Party Leader David Lewis, holding ; the balance of power ‘in a new | Parliament, said he would sup- ‘port a minority government if it -dealt with unemployment, high living costs and the “corporate ripoff. MINISTERS LOST And Social ' Credit -Leader Real Caouette, who again will lead an entirely Quebec- based .party, said he would support ei- thet a Liberal or Conservative . government. “The NDP may have the bal- - ance of power, bul the govern: ment will still have to compose with us."" The Liberals, who left the last Parliament with 197 seats, lost four cabinet ministers— Trade Minister Jean-Luc Pepin, Labor Minister Martin O’Connell, JOHN MUNRO ‘ - elected 2. "Mr. Stanfield said he was ” Agriculture Minister a A. Olson and Minister of State Pat Mahoney—as the Conservatives, along with the three other opposition partles, flexed more muscle. ‘Tt was the Conservatives: ‘who sent the Liberals reeling, de- spite the fact that the Liberals scored 2 massive victory -in Quebeé and picked up three ad- ditional seats in the. Atlantic provinces. : In Ontario, where the ‘Liber- als elected 64 MPs in. 1968, they “ran. .into’ a revitalized . Con- servative opposition and ended - up with only 35 members, The Conservatives, who elected only 17-in the last general. election, came bouncing back with ‘41. And the NDP, ‘which last time -. . elected six, this time took 11. “And after Ontario, the Con: servatives blazed across the West like a prairie fire, burning up all Liberal hopes for another - majority: government. Alberta was the high point of the Con- servative revival, as. they: took all 19 seats. TAKE OTTAWA SEATS The Conservatives also crashed A through for three t seats _ in the Ottawa area, toppling in. Ottawa Weat Licyd Francis, ‘chief Liberal whip, and. Gordon Blair, a prominent: ‘back-ben- ~ ‘gher .who is a former’ Ontario” president of the. party. .They “also took Lanark-Renfrew-Car leton.adjacent to Mr. Blair’s old: seat along the Ottawa River. - ~.While the Conservatives re- mained shut out of the strangly- Liberal northern part of On- . ‘tario, the NDP took Nickel Belt and Sault Ste, Marie, Qutside of the north and in Toronto, the New Democrats did not: make - any gains but they. held Brant ‘and adjoining Waterloo in ‘the southwest and Oshawa-Whithy near Toronto. ‘the Lake Ontario side: ‘of. the Niagara Peninsula In the narby Hamilton ares, , . they broke through for three @@ seats to.add.to Hamilton West ““held-for them by Lincoln Alex- gale * On the other: side of ‘Toronto a " ander, only. black’ ‘ip ‘Parlin. , ; former. Conservative front- bencher—Frank-McGee--made Fiz an apparent’ coreback in On- BB tarlo riding by squeaking iim through the election-night count 42 votes ahead of Norman Cafik, Liberal member: in the last (a Commons. Mr. McGee was a 7B -portfolio in # minister - without | John Diefenbaker’ slast govern- aim “ment, In the ‘southwest, the: Tories Te. won Middlesex and Elain from . . the Liberals, ‘giving them a block of connecting seats run-. ning from Lake Erie to Kane gian Bay. . ‘Also ‘on. Lake Erie; they cracked the long-held Liberal territory of Niagara Falls, held — by former cabinet minister Joe Greene, and also took adjacent Lincoln and St. Catharines an BUD OLSEN ’...defeated. * Olson, O'Connell, _Popin, Mahoney Four cabinet. members ousted — Four members of the Trudeau _ cabinet were defeated Monday; Labor” } Minister.“ setarsin woe 0'Counell, Trade. “Puc Pepin Agric Bud Olson and Pat Mahoney, minister of state with special responsibility - for. financial affairs, Labor Minister Martin O'Connell was the first member of the Trudeau cabinet to be counted. out, losing Toronto ’ Searborough : East to Conservative Reginald Stackhouse, a. _ Aiyear-old professor, ’ . Agriculture Minister H. A. OL, ‘son, first «elected: as..a Social Crediter in 1957 and who won in 1968 as a Liberal, was upset easily by Conservative cattle- . “man Bert Hargrave i in Medicine ’. Hat.- Jack Davis, environment minister, won re-election ‘in Capilano for his fifth term.: Robert Thompson, former na- tional leader of the Social Credit ‘party, running ‘for the Progressive Conservatives, was defeated in Surrey-White Rock by Barry Mather of the New Democratic Party. Health Minister John Munro. ‘was: re-elected. in’ Hamilton East;. defeating’ Conservative Ron Brewer, longtime player in. the Canadian Football League. HALIFAX (cP) _— Con- servative Leader * Robert Stanfield said Monday night as ‘he watched the results of the . w form a government.’ ", “But lie-told cheering support- - ers, and a national: television ‘should wait ‘and ‘see what the general election: "I want to as- -. sure the people we are, prepared. - audience,- that “I. think we. . Lineoln Alexander, only black * ever elected to Parlia ment, held. ‘the Haimilton West-seat He first 5: See the. Compara, * Communications Minister Robert Stanbury was re-elected in York-Scarborough. . - Former New Democratic Party leader,.T. C. Douglas, was re-elected in Nanaimo- Cowichan-The Islands, Urban Affairs Minister ‘Ron Basford won re-election for his fourth term in ‘Vancouver Centre. “Grace MacInnis, only woman member of the last Parliament, . won reelection ‘for the -New Democratic Party in Vancouver Kingsway. Mrs, MacInnis is the daughter of J.’ S.. Woadsworth, founder of the - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), forerunner of the NDP; . -Re-election of Solicitor- General Jean-Pierre Goyer announced an hour after polls closed, CM. Bud Drury, treasury board. president, re-elected in - Montréal Westmount, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Michae) Meighen, grandson of former: prime. minister Arthur Meighen. oo Social Credit Party leader Real Caouette retained his seat in Temiscamingue. - smorning brings.” me -. He was referring ihe gee-" saw battle still going on to de- termine the party with the big- gest number of seats, very close," t Statement today, Meanwhile, he just. wanted: is prepared to. form, a govern: ‘ment “to deal with the matters, “think. we -should wall:;be-. cause some ‘of. the. counts. are. He. said he would ‘make. a, Gerard Pelletier, secretary of ‘state, re-clected -in Montreal... Hochelaga, defeaiing Rayr -Laliberte, Yeader a fpueber 8 * witig of thé NDP, and’ ‘four ¢ other candidates. Claude Wagner, Conservative ‘campaign leader in Quebec, elected: in St. Hyacinth, defeating five candidates. Bryce Mackasey, minister of _ manpower and: immigration,: ' defeated: four” candidates . in Montreal Verdun. " Conservative Rayinend Rock, former. Liberal member. of. Parliament, defeated “Rod Blaker. ‘John. Diefenbaker, “prime ininister from 1957 to 1963 and Opposition leader from 1963 to -- 1967, easily beat four other can- . didates in a riding he has held since 1940, * "Stanley Kuowles,- who has held “Winnipeg North ‘Centre ‘since 1945 with exception of four years ‘during the Diefenbaker . era, retained the working-class, . riding easily. a , Revenue. Minister ‘Berby Gray was: “re-elected: Windsor” West. Finance. Minister . Sohit Turner: was® re-elected din Ottawa: Carleton. ' way yes ‘away. "Minutes before the.. prime “minister was: overheard . ex: “ing the: dn Canadian Estory., assure the Canadiah ‘people he” «At: “midnight; tthe. Liberals. had'-a- - oné-seat : léad ‘over. ‘Robert "the issues and the probleme that *-.5 face Canada” and which he-had -'-:;:' . ‘dealt with during the. cab } was jammed with shout ‘ ‘Two-of" ihe kid worst Y administrations. of -. Conservative prime ‘minister -. John Diéfenbaker from 1958 .to 1962 and the inst one’ol: ‘Libera ; Minister. Trudeau, . “Ws a choice ot the be pope.” ‘governmente weré the ima jority. PIERRE TRUDEAU, ha porters-when Mr. Stanfield a “in: ‘Montreal Lachine: by Liberal _ condumer., and , . ~ affairs, was re-slected. in Port, - sonity of the last Poxliarient ap _ pressing thig bit of optimism he ‘had said in a statement-that he - “Must await for final results to-: . day before ‘deciding what*hap- — pens. to his, government. follows --“ losest: general election l JOHN DIEFENBAKER ~*,. elected tand and trade ~ portfolios oftran aa | Te i Prince Edward-Hastings, _ Jean Marchand, minister of reglonal economic expansion, ; defeated four other candidates : dn Langelier. |’ “‘LiberalMoniqueBegin wasthe ‘first: woman to be declaréd: ' _ elected: to Parliament from ‘Quebec province defeating four other ‘candidates in Montreal St.. Michel. . Liberal Jeanné Sauve, wife. of . '. Maurice Sauve, former’ Liberal federal minister of forests, was ” Robert Andras, “ minister:: of. “corporate °. Arthur. - ‘Lucien Larnoureux,. speaker of the last Parliament who rari _ without party designation, was of. the New Democratic Party, ' was reelected in York South. ’ Privy Council President Allan | 'MacEachen: was. re-elected. in “Cape. Breton Highlands-Canso, . & Nova: Scotia - riding --he: ‘has: represented since 1953. Conse reeled yetee red ‘Parilatient, by. running: herd, * giving the. best they ‘had. _- Then the prime minister har- ked-back to a: quotation: from, George Hees, who: held the | elected in “Montreal ‘Ahuntsic, — re-elected ‘in Stotmont-Dundas.. | “David Lewis, national leader - ‘ eva—former labor minister Mi- *- A-epbinet. colleague of that i chael Starr—failed: to get back Ga against: the NDP's Ed Broad- Bam ‘ bent--in ‘next-door Oshawa- ie - Whit by. ty The Conservatives also hadi mixed success with two former; Liberals who left that’ party andl ran for them in Toronto. T.C. DOUGLAS | . elected ; ot PAUL HELLYER » 2 ~-elected ’ All eyes: on. B. C.. results VANCOUVER (cP) — n Liberals were ’ clobbered ‘British Columbia’ ond the New Democrats and P gressive. Conservatives as ivi ers in the province kept: Minister“Trudeau' and Opy a surge in NDP: ugh be we | et ory. revival ; Desiderata,:a poem: he quoted *. tier last. May. wher he ‘sald the. - country, faced. an “elestion-treg a ' ly ber ‘wel ‘Len Marchaitd,-39, who: tained - hes Kamloops : “in which ‘he