Gy his. GREEN PARTY candidate. Patrick Hayes ran na distant third to Liberal al Roger Harris ‘and New Democrat-Robin Austin on election night but he’s pleased with how the campaign went overall. - Green says he’s happy By DUSTIN QUEZADA _ ELECTION NIGHT produced mixed feel-. ings for first-time’ candidate: Patrick Hayes of the Green Party. .. Hayes came ina distant third behind new- ly-elected MLA Robin Austin of the*- NDP and incumbent BC Liberal Roger Harris. ‘But he said he was “OK” with the 590 votes he did receive. On the night of the vote, Hayes gathered ‘with a handful of friends — mostly personal supporters, — around a radio as results came’ in: Early on, he conceded he didn’t expect to come any higher than third place. Echoing his campaign trail pleas, he was very anxious to see a yes vote come.through in the referendum on electoral reform. He also said he’d at least like to see a mi-: - nority-NDP government after four years of virtual one-party rule. At 9:05 p.m., the announcement of a Lib- | ‘eral majority government drew an expletive. from the 23- year-old and a sombre. mood in the room. ° 8 But, just as quick, the first announcement . of an NDP win in Skeena was reported over. DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO the airwaves. Hayes conceded even he had thoughts of the left splitting votes as he cast his own ballot. “The Green Party and the NDP have dif- ferent platforms, but ‘they *do share more common ideologies,” he said. “I'd still rath- er see the NDP than the Liberals.” Even though the Green Party lost four per cent of the popular vote, Hayes said the core . has grown. “We did lose numbers, but in the last election the left was really bashed,” he said, referring to the 77-seat Liberal legisla- ture elected four years ago. “This is decisive. We: still got eight per cent and I see that as a gain in. popularity.” The Greens again failed:to land a member in Victoria. Even party leader Adrienne Carr came in third place in her riding’on the Sun- - shine Coast, a disappointment said Hayes. Hayes ran what he called a small, but good campaign, though he voiced his dis- « pleasure at the disappearance of half of his 20 signs. "The UVic’ ‘graduate said he’s going to re- ‘cuperate from the stressful month, adding it’s too say if he’ll run again. Nass backs NDP winner: - PRINCE RUPERT teacher Gary Coons of ‘the NDP digits. candidates was in the triple 169 votes for Coons and 39 for Belsey. 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Call us to perform valve sets, tune ups, etc. ° L- 877-455- 4355 _ Call Kelvin Fax: 250-847-5066 . e _ handily beat incumbent Lib- erals Bill Belsey by more ‘than 1,600 votes to become the North Coast riding’s next MLA, and it was mainly due to support in communities outsidé of Prince Rupert and P ort Edward. i . Although he hada lead of - 203 votes in the two towns, Coons swamped Belsey else- where by over 1,400 votes. Strong shows of support for Coons came from the Nass, the North Coast, and the Queen Charlotte Islands. In some communities, the margin of votes between the \ Operations ; Learning Foundation New Aiyansh in the Nass ; Valley ‘voted mostly’ for Coons, giving him 251 votes compared to 17 for Belsey. Greenville had 157 votes for Coons and six for Belsey, and Kincolith had 101 votes for Coons and 15 for Belsey. Keeping with the NDP - theme, Gitwinksihlkw gave 89 votes to Coons and 11 to ' Belsey. Lax Kw’alaams on -the coast gave-Coons 146 votes and 51 for Belsey. 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