OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER at LOS Garias et Date neat 5 Past ee, Ror October 17, 1993 News 52 pages Ieee iareces ae ee eG ee pare i eee, ey pee Office, Editorial 985-2131 poll finds decided voter majority backs Reform party Two RECENT isleshone polls conducted by the North Shore News confirm the re: tional polls: ike fs of other regional and na- Reform party is in the lead on the North Shore ant in B.C, in the current federal election campaign. But some North Shore political hopefuls have dismissed the results of the News poll, saying their own - numbers are telling 2 different story. Over 590 calls to all areas of the North Shore were made in each of the Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 News polls. While the Reform party had fallen nearly 12 percentage points in the latest News poll, it is still clearly leading all other North Shore political candidates in decided voter support. The fatest poll results also show that the Liberals on the North Shore have overtaken the Tories. Of the 429 residents who “responded to the Oct. 13 News poll, 267. said they had not decided whom they would vote for, but of the 162 decided voters: @ 58, or 35.8%, said they would vote for the Reform party: @ 21, or 13%, said they would vote for the Liberal party; @ 18, or 11.1%, said they would vote for the Progressive Conser- vative party; ® five, or 3.1%, said they would vote NDP. A further six people, 3.7%, said they would vote for some other party and 54, or 33.3%, refused to say which party they would vote for. Of the 420 residents in the Capilano-Howe Sound and North Vancouver ridings who responded to the Oct. 6 News poll, 271 were undecided. .- Of the 149 decided voters: 8 71, or 47.7%, said they would ‘vate for the Reform party; 9 17, or 11.4%, said they would vote for the Progressive Conser- vative party; o 14, or 9.4%, said they would vote for the Liberal party; @ three, or 2%, said they would vote NDP. A further three people, or 2%, said they would vote for some other party; two, or 1.3%, said they wouldn’t vote for any local candidate; and 39, or 26.2%, ref- used to say which party they By Surj Rattan News Reporter would vote for. Both North Shore Reform party candidates said they were en- couraged by the poll results. “Our internal polling resuits agree with those figures. They put us in the 40% to 50% range. “We knew the big portion of the undecided voters were Reformers,”’ said North Van- couver Reform candidate Ted White.: Capilano-Howe Sound Reform party candidate Herb Gruoel said he was “pleasantly surprised’’ by the poll results. “} knew we were doing well, -bui I didn't know we were doing that well,’’ said Grubel. But Capilano-Howe Sound MP Mary Collins, who is trying to hold onto her seat for the Tories,- dismissed the polls’ results. “| don’t think that has any scientific basis because you have such a low response rate. From the decided people we're talking to, we're in the lead,”’ said Col- lins. Capilano-Howe Sound Liberal candidate Audrey Sojonky said there remains a large number of undecided voters who she is confi- dent will vote for the Liberals. North Vancouver Liberal can- didate Mobina Jaffer also criti- cized the News’ polls, saying the demographics of the two North Shore ridings are different. Meanwhile, North Vancouver Tory candidate Will MeMartin said that many people who do not necessarily support Reform policies will vote Reform because they are dissatisfied with the cur- rent political system. “ft believe people voting for Reform are quicker to say so, take a lawn sign and zespond to an opinion poll than other people who are looking to see specific issues addressed,’* said McMartin. index 3] Business ..... BB Cocktails & Caviar _ $8 Crossword...... High Tech ............ B Horoscopes... . MM Lifestyles. .....0.... ...35 News of the Weird .....38 @ Travel .. @ Vintage Years @ What's Going On ...... Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement Number 0087238 DIVINE DESIGN Fall fashions draw on sacred imagery for inspiration. HOT STUFF Firefighters flaunt it in their annual calendar for charity. Dispiay Advertising 980-0511 Classifieds 986-6222 Distribution 986-1337 25¢ NEWS photo Neil Lucente Truck route protest RESIDENTS LIVING near the intersection of 13th Street and Grand Boulevard are upset with a North Vancouver City proposal to run a truck route along the two streets. They are now lobbying city council to kill the plan. A petition signed by 104 area residents cites increased noise, pollution and accidents as among their concerns. See story page 3.