carry on,”

TheReview Wednesday, October 23, 1991 — AI6

Good campaign despite loss

It was a disappointing result for
Social Credit candidate Richard
Holmes, but “we had a terrific
campaign,” campaign manager
Penny Boone said.

“Richard grew phenomenally.
He really did a superlative job,”
she said.

“I hope he hangs in there and
runs (for another elected position)
because he’s great. He’s a real
credit to the community,” she said.

B.C. Reform
challenged

The challenge for the Reform
Party of B.C. in the aftermath of
last week’s election is to show
voters it is a party on the rise, says
local candidate Don Hutchings.

Hutchings received 518 out of
26,957 votes cast in the Saanich
North and The Islands riding,
finishing in fourth place.

“TI guess people weren’t ready
for us,” he said. “The Liberal
surge did us in and Clive Tanner is
pretty well known on the Penin-
sula.

“We went there with the idea we
would give it a shot. We can’t be
accused of splitting the vote like
everyone said we would.”

Until the next election, the
RPBC may well target those who
are still searching for an alterna-
tive, he said.

“Those unhappy Socreds need a
place to go,” he said, adding he
doesn’t believe many voters were
“totally satisfied with voting NDP
or Liberal.”

Reformers met in Sidney on
Saturday to discuss “the pluses
and minuses of what we did,” said
Hutchings.

He said the party will be back,
and lessons were learned in run-
ning a campaign.

“We didn’t have all the funds
the other parties had, but we made
our beginning and we're going to
he said.

Holmes spent part of the elec-
tion campaign distancing himself
from the provincial campaign
Strategy, including a condemnation
of Rita Johnston’s campaign man-
ager for circulation of a “phoney
assessment notice.”

He also called for free votes in
the Legislature and promised to
represent Saanich North and The
Islands constituents if elected.

However, the results tell the
story as Holmes received only
2,760 votes, compared to 13,263
for winning Liberal Clive Tanner
and 8,426 for second-place fin-
isher and New Democrat Elsie
MceMurphy.

“He was a little taken aback at
the degree Mr. Tanner won,”
Boone said.

Holmes visited Tanner’s cam-
paign office Thursday night about
9:25 p.m. to concede the victory
and congratulate his rival.

“People really liked Richard.
Unfortunately he was waving a
Socred banner,” Boone said. “I
don’t think it was Richard, I think
it was the party.

“T know people were impressed
with him. He’s a very fine gentle-

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