Northwest stays |
in NDP hands

THE NORTH remains an NDP stronghold.

Nat only did the NDP take the Skeena rid-
ing, they also handily swept the North Coast
riding and won through in Bulkley
Valley/Stikine,

Deputy premier Dan Miller kept his strong
hold on the North Coast with 7,076 votes. His
closest challenger was Liberal Odd Eidsvik at
2,817. Reform’s Clarence Hall received 804
votes while the Green party’s Patrick Lemaire
gat 222.

‘In Smithers, the total vole wasn’t yet in at
11:10 p.m. last night. Four polls stili had yet to
report in — Hazelton, Atlin, Burns Lake and
the mobile poll. However workers at the elec-
loral office weren’t wailing any longer and
were heading for home.

As of press time, results from Smithers had
Bill Goodacre of the NDP in the lead with

trom front

Giesbrecht

Burton said he was surprised Wozney fin-
ished ahead of him, adding he believes local
voters were swayed by the provincial Liberal
campaign that told people not to split the
tight wing vote.

“T think the central campaign is what did
it,” Burton said.

But he would not say he regretted
running. ,

“We ran a good campaign,” Burton said.
“We kept our integrity. We stood up for what
we believe in. If the electorate chose other-
wise, well that’s the way it works. That’s
democracy.”

“And we'll be back,” added party member

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3,690.

The right wing vote was almost evenly
split between the Liberal’s Pat Beach with
2,973 and Reform’s Bill Zemenchik with
2,632.

Sharon Hartwell, the only Progressive
Democratic Alliance candidate in the north-
wesl, received 329 votes. Social: Credil took
128 votes while the Greens got 117.

The NDP tide continued through much of
the north and interior.

Prince George South MLA Lois Boone
held her seat as did Cariboo South’s Dave
Zirnhel.

The only seats Refarm garnered were
Peace River North and Peace River South,
where party leader Jack Weisgerber was able
to fend off a strong Liberal challenge and
retain his seat.

re-elected
Russil Tanner.

The NDP’s strong organization in Skeena
was effective in getting out the Giesbrecht
vale.

A visit to the NDP campaign office in the
final hours last night found more than 50
workers in the building, and more than 100
more outside the building — either scru-
tineers or drivers shuttling NDP voters to the
polls.

By contrast, there was none of that
frenzied almosphere at either the Reform or
Liberal campaign offices, Fewer than 10
workers could be found at cither of those
offices.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 29, 1996 - C3

RICK WOZNEY was among Liberal candidates throughout the

north who could only watch last night as the right-wing vote split

and NDP candidates were elected.

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