- Page 8, November 22, 1978 - North Shore News

SWEET MOMENT. OF VICTORY. came shortly after

mine’ Saturday evening ‘for West Vancouver’s.

_mayor-elect Derrick Humphreys, seen here with wife | 7
Margaret as they acknowledged the applause of the

crowd watching the election results: come in at West
Van municipal hall,

A petition to close off East 7
21st Street at Rufus and make |

Casano Drive into a cul-de-

sac was presented to. North
Vancouver District in its poli- -

cy and planning session Mon-
day by a large group of local
residents. °

. tion, -

residents actually live in. an
enclave of North Vancouver

‘City,. where the District is -
responsible only. for” sewers

and other services.

‘satisfied’ s

highest number of votes in any

of the three contests. Veteran - -

Norman Alban was also
returned, with Mark Sager, a
mere eight votes behind him,
easily taking the third vacan-

cy. Still in his mid-twenties, |

the energetic and personable
Sager had only narrowly
missed an aldermanic seat in
the 1977 elections.

Overall, the West Van
results indicate that Mayor
Elect Humphreys will have at
least three consistent sup-
porters for his innovative
policies on the newly consti-
tuted council —- and that West
Vancouverites, by and large.
are reasonably satisfied with
the way their education
system is being run.

SILENT MAJORITY

The ‘glamor’ of mayoralty

elections was demonstrated
Once again by the increased

voter turnout, which reached.

almost 38 per cent in West

"Mayor
' works out at only a little over

Vancouver ‘and over 3L per

cent in North Van District (as
against 27 per cence and 16 per
cent respectively last - year).
But even’ so,
remain disappointing. :

They mean —- to take just
two. examples’ from _ fast
Saturday —- that even Mayor
Bell was actively supported by
less than 28 per cent of North
Van. District's, 30.753 eligible

voters. In West Vancouver,
with 23,609 eligible voters, the

corresponding figure for
Elect Humphreys

17 per cent.:

What the silent maiority in
each municipality thinks
about its chief magistrate and
other elected candidates we'll
never know. But a_ silent
majority hovering around the
two-thirds mark secms a poor
tribute to the immense work
and effort which those public-
spirited citizens devote to the
task of trying to make
democracy work,

‘Council promised. to give -
the petition careful considera-
but pointed out one
major ‘problem:. the affected.

“the figures - |

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