. and Roman ‘Ca By “yubY CREIGHTON “CP Family Editor .. "There will be 195 women’ ranning in tae May 22 federal election — an Increase of 58 . - Qver the 1974 election,” -The . Marxist-Leninist ‘party is fielding the largest ° : Bumber of women can- didates — 48, two more than “the New Democratic Party.. . The Liberals have 21, Pro- give Conservatives 14, 1 Credit seven, Com-. miunists 19, Libertarians 10, Unlon' Populaire 11, eros Party 14, Five bot Tunning as Independ- oat dissolution, there were nine women in the Commons — seven Liberals and two Conservatives, - Three of the Liberal members served as cabinet ministers — Monique Begin, Ringsway; Nicholson, ‘Toronto-Trinity; . ‘ minister of national. health ‘and welfare: Iona Cam- pagnolo, minister of fitness and amateur sport; and Jeanne Sauve, minister of communications. Other woman Liberal members at dissolution were Simma Holt, Vancouyer- Aideen. Ursula Appoloni, Toronte- York South; and Coline Camphell, South Western Nova in Nova Scotia. = The Conservative mem- bers were Flora MacDonald, | Kingston and’ the Islands, and Jean Pigott, Ottawa- Carleton, In Quebec, where &2 women. have filed nomination papers, the most notable are Mra, Sauve, Miss Begin and Jeannette Walsh, Trois-Rivieres, who is- the | DIVIDENDS - Corpora te dividends Wednesday, quarterly unless" otherwise noted. Timken Co,, The, 5 cents, June 1, record May 2. - "North Canadian Oils Lid., 5% per cent pfd., $1.34, semi- ; annual, May 31, record May aA. Placer Development Co. Lid., 25 cents, June 16, record June 1, STOCKS | . TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto stock market was moderately higher at the close of active trading Wednesday. ‘The. TSE 300 index rose 3.69 to a record-high of 1,01.11. Sharp gains in mining and - energy issued led the ad- yahee. ‘Volume was 4.52 million ean with six million ‘Among industrials, ' Canadian Occidental Pete gained 2 to $34%4, Investors . Group A 1% to $15, Texaco Canada 1-to $64, Montreal Trust 1 to $20% and George Weston 1 to $26%. ‘Great Products fell 25% to $43, Asbestos Corp. 2. to. $48, Westinghouse: Canada “2 ' to $31, Scagram Co. % to 37% ‘and Ahed Corp. 10 cents to $1.50 Dome Mines advanced 2 to #115, Teck Corp. A % to $15% McIntyre Mines Sifedet to ic 45 and Pine Point Mines 4 aiid Oils 13% to was up 919%, Canadian Reserve Oil and Gas 5 to $19% and Total ete Ae to $25%4. Chieftain ments was down 14 ‘to $40% and Numac Oil and Gas % to $31%. Lakes Forest: VANCOUVER (CP) — Prices were mixed in moderately-active. trading Wedneaday on the Van- couver Stock Exchange with a volume of 2,358,383 shares at close. In the industrials, Inter- publishing was up .10 at $3.90 on 3,000 shares and Auto Ma- rine Electronics was up 1-2 at % on 3,500. Keg Restaurants was unchanged at $2 on 8,100 and Goldale Investment-A was down. .15 at $3.80 on 2,000. Taro In- dustries was up .10 at $3.60 and Canadian Javelin was down .10 at §1.50. Early Bird Mines was down .07 at .27 on 81,50 shares on the resqurce and development board, while Amber Resourcesd was down, .01. at ..91 on. 52,000, , Mountain States was up .30 at $5.25 on 46,500 and Monte Grande Exploration was up 05 at $3.90 on 40,400. Rhodes Resources was up .10 at $1.20 and Zenore Resources was unchanged at .40. On the curb exchange, Cardero Resources was unchanged at .26 1-2 on 136,500 shares and Bianca Resources was up .25 at $3.15 on 116,230. Jet-Star Re- sources was unchanged at Al on 81,500 and Tagus ‘Resources was up .08 at 51 on 40,500. ~ EARNINGS national organizer for the Communist party in Quebec. Mrs, Sauve was elected to the Commons in 1972 and re- elected in 1974. She was named minister of science and technology in .1972, minister of the environment dn -1974 ae -minliter of - gommunications in 1975. "Milas Begin was elected to the Commons in 1972 and returned in 1974, She was named ' parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for external affairs in 1975, became minister of na- tional revenue in 1976 and was appointed minister of national health and welfare in 1977. / In Ontario; there are 70 women candidates. Mrs, Appolloni, a Liberal back-bencher at dissolution, was first elected to Parllament in 1974, beating out NDP leader David Lewis in the predominantly Halian constituenc ney of York South. Miss Ni represented Toronto-Trinity since 1974, was appointed partiamentary secretary to the minister of supply and servloes i in S77. This ~ the ° third election waitin for Miss MacDonald, who ran for the ‘Brennan (L) olaon, who has. The other woman Con . servative member, Mrs. Pigott, .was elected fo Parllanient in last October's by-electlon in Ottawa Carleton. - Liberal Bluma Appel is running in Nepean-Carkisn. . ‘Mrs, Appel served as 2 special consultant to to the Mare Lalonde when he wes minister of health and welfare and responsible’ for the status of women, Kay Macpherson, former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, is NDP candidate in Toronto York East. Five women are running in ridings in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick — Ami Carleiton- Charlotte, Gail Walsh (NDP) Restigouche, Joyce Mac- Dougall (PC) Cape Breton Highlands-Cango, Alexa McDonough (NDP) Halifax, ° and Coline Campbell (L- incumbent) South West Nova. Ten women are cunning In Alberta constituencies, half of them under the banner of the Marxist-Leninist ‘party. Saskatchewan only has one woman candidate — Susan Dennis (Marx-Len.) Saskatoon West. ore women running this election — contesting - Manitoba, including two NDP and one Conservative. Doreen Lawson, wife of . Senator Ed Lawson, is . Tunning for the Liberals in Burnaby, B.C, There are 16 women running in the. province, including Pauline Jewett,