HOMICIDE INVESTIGATED
MOTORCYCLE TOY RUN
SCHOOL CHANGES
Body found north of town
Event raises $11,000
Parents express concern
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Sidhu elected in tight race Liberal candidate narrowly beats out Conservative Brad Vis to be new MP Frank BUCHOLTZ Mission Record
Mission hopes to benefit from having its newly elected Member of Parliament as part of the new Liberal government. Liberal Jati Sidhu was elected as MP for the newly created Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon riding in Monday’s federal election. His victory was one of the last ones declared in Canada, with the race called shortly after 1 a.m., after a nail-biter evening where Sidhu and Conservative Brad Vis
engaged in a close race, with results slowly rolling in. The final vote tally for the evening was 16,606 votes for Sidhu and 15,547 for Vis, although one poll had yet to report as of press time. NDP candidate Dennis Adamson came in third with 9,167 votes. Green Arthur Green was fourth with 2,288 votes, independent Wyatt Scott had 911 votes and Marxist-Leninist Elaine Wismer had 57 votes. Overall, voter turnout was 71.3 per cent – a significant increase from the below-60 per cent mark estimated from redistributed results of the 2011 federal election. Sidhu was unavailable for comment in the days following
the election, but Mayor Randy Hawes said it is a big plus for the community to have an MP sitting on the government benches. “It’s important to set aside what party you support after the election,” Hawes said. “Having an MP on the government side is good for us.” He said he expects Sidhu to set up a constituency office in Mission, which contains about 40 per cent of the population of the large riding. The riding also includes northern Abbotsford, north of Bateman and Maclure roads; Continued on A3
Jati Sidhu (middle), the newly elected Liberal MP for Mission-MatsquiFraser Canyon, gives a victory speech at his campaign event on election night in the Abbotsford Banquet Centre. LAURA RODGERS PHOTO
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