South Saugeen WI Scrapbook, Volume 1, [1869] - [1990], p. 115

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The next time you visit the Huron Restaurant on Port Elgin’s Gdderich Street. ask for a Liberal helping. and no doubt the girl serving you will smile broadly. The young lady in question will be Norma MacDonald, the Lihctal's answer to people in the area who are worried about the future. Narnia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lamont. Saugeen Township. Kent has played a large part in helping the Liberal party to catch votes in Bruce County. She is also a niece of Alex Lamont. lht- Cuunty's new Warden. The Lamonls have been to the rare in the political arena roi many years. and they have been Liberals as tor hacli' as they can remember. Nurmil told me that she minds her grandrathar telling her smiles when she nos only a child. Mnrlch about the Liberals who were called 'Retormors' in the bud illd dirt. , Slurics or hon the big. bad 11.. ~ ‘ erholly tit-rated the non r.lLllCnl who has appeared from noniion Dnt: story in parllllllrlr sht- rt'mt‘nlllch llLdrtrlg has nhon u )l ltetarittcr' \\:\\ spoiling at :t irrrlvate tunitinn. ihe lories gallich 5rd outside on the stairs to mate .i the not too conservative Liberal f‘?7é disturbance. so as to prevent him trombeihgheard. She has fond l'l‘l'mfll‘iES from when she was a girl going to school at going to Liberal meetings and conventions all wet tht- County. singing and playing the piano. The two outstanding tunes from her rcpermirc being '0 Canada' and ‘God save the Queen. Kent. her (other. is a Fast-Prev bx sidctlt of Provincial and Federal Nam.de Liberal Assut'lillinns or the Grey "workmg‘ouuumuum Bruce and the Bruce Grey ridings. He also stood as a candidate in the loos election. but was unsuccessr hit. the seat going to :i Conserv- ative. Norma told me that ‘the time was not ripl: tor a liberal member to grt the seat. Pcoplc would have to be cduCuled pollllccllly t'irst' Norma. hcricll. hils in he an 1 spoke in her berore she left for Tomntn. when: she wtts the youth representative for the riding at the Ontario LihEl’Lll leadership (Yonvcntitfn held last week end. With Norma's enthusiasm for hllrd h l \l‘nrk nnn with her cherry ism l" S»: Emir 9:": W opinion. the Litlcrttls certr slippdrls. it "l" 9‘ ‘r W“ ainlv have lmlhirlt: io tl‘utry ntninly. .inri in tile ginnii. she is a sitting tit-hover iii ilir Lll‘t‘rftl porn and hiii moms to helii'rt‘ I at lht‘} nill t‘lmllllua lorlo no.1 at ihi- hilllnl hiii sl-o spent tho itlsl rive yuan iii Ollnuti narting tor nrriiin. Mt‘nlr ban in PJlilrlnICflL intruding l'ldl l\‘||l thr- pretent Minister Ui :\u!lt‘ll|l|llk‘ Elinorir- Win-Ion «liiirll Ill ilrx tl ta til llrurr t (lullU‘ A repnrl on the ctlnvcnlltlll to i-lm n lontlor appears l‘l| "AK: 29 and past not: Ml‘s. MllLDOllllldi Jim Donnell} repurtlrr it I d is tirittin tor this pupcl‘ by Norma McDunLlltl, of Perl Elgin. said that she \\‘.|S very impressed by lhr: Untnrtn Liberal Leadership Convention that was held in Toronto over the weekend. She said rhni everyone who attended was interested in the welfare of the party. and it was a good clean race. Dr. Stuart Smith, a 37 year uld psychiatrist from Hamilton was elected to carry the flag for the Liberal Party in Ontario by the slim margin or 45 votes over Lennon busincssman David Peterson. Norma. the youth delegate fmm this region said than it was a very hard decision to make when it came time to vote. Dr Smith is very well liltcd by the city representatives. and it is in this area that lhe party needs more support. Norma IS 3 Familiar fuse in the area. she is the daughter or tormer Liberal association prcsl- dent Kent L'lmunt, and she has been working in Purl Elgin at the Hilton Restaurant. Norma has been interested in politics tor as long as she can i remember. Not only did she participate in election came paigns, and the youth party. but she worked in Ottawa for a liberal Member of Parliament for about four years. A When asked in an interview Friday nho sht- intended to support tor the first ballot. Norma said that Larry Condon. an M.P. from Middlesex \vuuld receive her vole on that ballot. After llmt. sht- was not sure. Mark Marnuigan. M P. ror Windsor Walkervlllc and David Peterson an MJ’P. from London both look like good candidates. but [here are others. 5hr: will have to scrutinize them. the one hope ihai Norma did have tor the leadership wnl'enr lion was that whoever the leader is. eieryone will get behind him and work for the llcxl elnrtinn. Norma says that milking}; there Attends Liberal Convention l?lé is nu way that she can he sure. ‘ she has a tcellng that the next clectiDn could he as near as next i tan The liberal yuuth party is not; ' particularly strung in this urea und Norma says that this is due i l to the fact that many oi the' i teenagers in the area move away “’ill'll lllcy'have finished' high ’ schnni and there are very few seasoned members-Io carry on. ’ She did say that _she was i supriscd by the number or ‘i young people who came out to IIElp during electiqn time. Inter- cst zlmnng the high school V population has grown greatly i Slncc the age of majority was dropped ll) eighteen. ' Along with Norma. Run Osr walk President of the assaclas l tron. rrom Chesley. Eldon Yundt. ot Kinrardine and 5 George Lousks. or cheiley 1 attended the convention.

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