Grand Forks Gazette, October 21, 2015

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“We were cautiously optimistic going into the night and certainly happy with how it turned out,” he said. About 50 people packed the NDP office on Second Avenue in Grand Forks to watch the election results pour in. The supporters were elated when Cannings was confirmed the winner. Office manager and NDP riding

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association member Darwin Benson said everyone in the office was ecstatic. “We still have a lot of work to do but I can tell you the crew that’s here tonight is all happy that Cannings won,” said Benson. “We’re all happy that he won and we wish him the best.” Edward Robinson, Election Day

manager for the office, was also happy the NDP candidate won and just as pleased that Harper was voted out. “I’m elated,” he said. “I’m ecstatic that Harper lost. I wish people had listened to Tom Mulcair and we had done better, but at least in our area we have a presence in Ottawa.” “It was very scary because the area

The people have spoken and Justin Trudeau is the new prime minister of Canada. Trudeau and the Liberal Party won a majority government by taking 184 ridings, which • See CANNINGS page A7 is 54.4 per cent of the ridings in the country. The Liberals received 39.5 per cent of all votes (6,930,146). The Conservative Party was second with 99 ridings (29.3 per cent) and had 31.9 per cent of all votes (5,600,496 votes). The NDPs were third with 44 ridings (13.0 per cent) and had 19.7 per cent of all votes (3,461,262). Locally, Richard Cannings of the NDP will be the very first South Okanagan-West Kootenay Member of Parliament (MP) after picking up 37.2 per cent (24,823) of the votes for the region. Marshall Neufeld of the Conservatives (29.9 per cent) and Connie Denesiuk of the Liberals (28.1 per cent) were not far behind in second and third respectively. Green Party candidate Samantha Troy ended up with 4.3 per cent, while independent Brian Gray had 0.6 per cent. Voter turnout for the South Okanagan-West Kootenay was 73.57 per cent (66,727 of 90,694 registered electors). NDP supporters at the Grand Forks office celebrate Richard Cannings’ win in the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding Cannings celebrated the on Monday night. Craig Lindsay photo win with a large group of supporters at a hotel in Penticton. He told the Gazette that it had been a long campaign but he was elated to have won. “It was close but we just motion forward to next year. universal charger, would be donatCRAIG LINDSAY steadily pulled away,” he Council was told by Dave Reid, ed by a family from Manitoba. Grand Forks Gazette said. “We were doing fine in manager of operations, that due to “It was shipped last week and the Okanagan but it was very The City of Grand Forks will not some last minute program changes, should be here anytime,” said Reid. close. As we got polls in from be adding an electric vehicle to their the city would only receive one free “We’re looking at putting it just outGrand Forks and the Kootefleet this year. Council looked at a electric car charger instead of the side City Hall.” nays we started to pull away. I Reid added that they are lookmotion that would approve amend- original three. got happier and happier as the “Tesla did change the program,” ing at adding two more charging ing the 2105 Financial Plan to inevening went on.” clude the additional costs of up to said Reid to council. “They shied stations out of the 2016 operational Cannings said it was im$15,000 for the purchase of an elec- away from giving the charging sta- budget. portant that they had good The city originally set aside tric vehicle but after some discus- tions free to municipalities.” support from throughout the The charging station, a 100Amp sion, voted unanimously to put the riding. • See ELECTRIC CAR page A8

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