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I Street North at 8:08 p.m —gave Mr. Lissaman 24 votes, Creighton 17, Wright 2 and New Dem- ocrat Hans Fries a single ballot.This ratio between Mr. Lissaman and Mr Creighton continued through most of the 54 polls reporting.fjuf J C'H0tSwere those taken at Brandon i General Hospital, Assiniboine4 i Hospital. Brandon and McCallum nursing homes and Sunset Ha-©i ven.havecarusedUnder a new’ regulation of theManitoba voting act, voters at ^hospitals and nursing homes, may cast their ballots for the icandidates in their home rid-ings. The boxes are sealed and shipped uncounted to the chief Mlt; electoral officer in Winnipeg,where the count will be made and the results made knownnext week.Jimmy Creighton, twdce mayor, shot ’ 1 of Brandon and now an alder- j in '; man, led the votes in only four ^: of the polls, and he had a credit ‘ | margin of seven votes in the • advance poll. . ,The Liberal candidate’s ad- pe ' vantage was seen at Fairview °-v ‘ ; Home, plus three of the polls in:., ‘ north Brandon.Right from the first poll Mr.'j Lissaman was on his way to a *! fifth straight win.St. ] PcnighMA CelebrationClau hold nadi mer-The:) ~ matiThe first 10 polls all gave the whilt; edge to the Conservative. At 8:16, the voters at the Ukrainian Reading Hall gave the first Creighton edge—-91 to 48, with 23 votes for Fries and 12 for Wright.Conservative supporters at the dits. Lissaman headquarters began to carrcelebrate victory about 10 min- Oiutes before Mr. Lissaman’s return was announced by Canadian Press.Brandon Conservative president Floyd McCullagh and Barry Neill fashioned a sign on the4boneTfbanlalarfronstrefellto i shot seclt; waj
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Dec 15, 1962
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