ct Labor

ter Yates, Lorne Jordon fick Harris, aldermanic can- s endorsed by the TWA | were all elected. Election ses, able and popular presi- He the Local, gives the union_ ireect representation on the

Xesounding victory for labor

ved in the Port Alberni civic electio dates endorsed by Local ]- ers of America were swept into office.

TOM BINNIE

il for the first time. Jordon fd the poll in the election.

. Plede McEachran, for the hree years president of the ¢-Teachers Assocaition of Alberni, was elected to the 1] Board, together with Bill

Progressiv

. Municipalities

Candidates

political action was ns last week when all 85 of the International Wood-

Johnston, active member of the Port Alberni Junior Athletic Club.- Both candidates had the official endorsement of the TWA.

All nominees for Civic office Were considered by the union on the basis of the relation of their brogram to the welfare of the community, their attitude to labor and their past record. A candidate for every office was selected for endorsation, with Some from labor’s ranks, some from other important commun- ity organizations and some from business. The results indicated the growing strength and influ- enec of the TWA in Port Alberni as well as recognition of the im- portance of labor’s participation in deciding the composition of those elected bodies which make

the policies for the people. see

LABOR GAINS -

In other municipal elections held last week on Wancouver Is- land labor and progressive can- didates showed considerable pro- egress. In Saanich two vwell- knewn labor men carrying for-

‘ward a program of community

betterment in the interests of the majority of the people, were placed in office. :

In Ward .Two, Saanich, Robert Noble, secretary of the Victoria Labor Gouncil and officer of the Machinists’ Union, was reelected as Councillor. In Ward Seven, W. B. White, active member of the Boilermakers’ Union and well-known ~ progressive, was elected as Councillor by accla- mation.

th. Vancouver Plebiscite

ivors City Manager Plan

With no participation of labor or progressive forces in Laapeign North Vancouver's first civic election in eleven

f; indecisive vote of 757 to

‘for the city-manager plan ino clear mandate to the in- lz council to proceed with atup of “manager and coun- especially as the number of Ss eligible to cast their ballot 3760.

Gle the city-manager plan approved by a thin majority, ralty candidate Roy A. er advocate of the plan, Jefeated by Jack Loutet who ad a group urging caution foceeding: with such a scheme. Pher quirk in the election was Kelection of four aldermen tne the city-manager plan

| failed to bring out either the voters to the polls or the fete issues facing the people of the North Shore city.

as against two of the lLoutet group.

The total vote registered was disappointing, considering that this was the first opportunity accorded the citizens of North Vancouver to elect their own rep- resentatives’ to civie office in eleven years.

As in the Vancouver cam- paign in spite of the decisive na- ture of the issues involved Labor failed to play any organized part in the contest. _ : j

The extremely low vote, with only 3760 voting out of a popula- tion of 14,000, pomts to the need for immediate radical revision of the franchise.

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Burnaby And Valley

Election of progressive candidates to municipal office in several British Columbia municipal contests last week gave encouragement to efforts of the people’s forces to grapple with emerging community problems as the war moves eyer closer

to. victory.

Outstanding results twere achieved in Burnaby despite the lack of unity of the progressive forees. On a platform devoted to immediate municipal improve- ments and projects, Harry Ball

Ward Seven, after one year’s ser- ‘vice in that position. Also re- elected was J. P. Gartlan in Ward Five. :

Accompanying these two pro- gressives into office in the muni- cipality, the man and wife team of Kenneth and Mlizabeth Wilson scored a resounding victory by being elected to council and school board respectively. Ken- neth Wilson will now be coun- cillor for Ward Four.

Thanking all his friends and supporters for their confidence, Councillor Harry Ball declared that he, together with all other forward-looking forces on the council, now strengthened by the new additions, would cooperate with all community organizations and individuals in securing the much-needed reforms ‘and im- provements in the coming year.

" Hie stressed the BCElectric transportation and the airport project as the two main issues for consideration and promised cooperation with the other coun- cillors for all progressive meas- ures. ;

Success. for progressives in Surrey municipality included the re-election of Thomas Binnie by acclamation for his. seventh con- secutive term as councillor in Ward One. - Binnie, who is in the real estate business, has been long associated with the left- wing labor movement. :

A striking victory was also achieved in the school board con- test, where the two vacancies were filled by the two progres- Sive candidates, Floyd B. Hamil- ton and Alex B. Eyton; Hamil- ton, IWA. international represen- tative, who topped the poll and also got the highest vote of any candidate in the municipality, was re-elected to his second term.

of both the Fishermen’s . Union and .the Pacific Coast Poultry Producers’ Asociation, has been very active on school and educa- tional problems in the district.

FLOYD HAMILTON

Both candidates for. school board stressed the need for more adequate transportation for chil- dren to schools and also for more schools. . Hamilton, in the last year as a member of the board has been particularly ac- tive on the latter question and is mainly responsible for. secur- ing four new badly - needed schools. '

In Ward Five progressive can- didate Martin Bowles made a very good showing, especially as this is the first time that he has contested the elections; he is ex- pected to build a campaign in

carry him to victory next time. Maple Ridge constituency also brought victories for pro- gressives. In Ward Five well- known progressive farmer John

was reelected as councillor in-

Hyton, who is an active member

the ensuing months which will

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KENNETH WILSON

Larsen, active member of the Berrygrowers’ organization, was re-elected to a second consecu- tive term as councillor by accla- mation. Larsen has long been active in’ municipal affairs, hav- ing served on the council some years ago as well.

In Ward Four, Waine Lahti, member of the Fishermen’s Union and backed by progres- sives was also elected by accla- mation. Another success came in the election to Parks Board of C€. Peter Bell, member of the Pacific Coast Poultry Producers. on his first attempt for this office.

Another “major | progressive victory was scored in Coquitlam, which, beside changing its name to the more euphonious River- Side also practically wiped out the reactionary machine which kad dominated municipal afta.rs

for some time. Here, James

Christmas, enjoying a great deal of labor support, was elected Reeve and Tom Filliatrault, who Was nominated by the local French-Canadian Club and is an active member of TWA local 1-357, was élected as Councillor.

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