Freedom's star of '90 returning to the polls: Ray Monteith becomes fifth name
By ERIC BUNNELL
TIMES-JOURNAL STAFF
There's going to be a fifth name on the ballot June 8 in Elgin.
Ray Monteith of St. Thomas said Tuesday he'll stand for the Freedom Party for the third time in a provincial election.
Mr. Monteith, 74, a retired railway conductor, said the party wants to cut government down to size.
"I know the system isn't working. We're wasting our money.We have too much bureaucracy, too much red tape. It's time to act sensibly."
The Freedom Party's platform includes planks to chop government programs and reduce taxes.
The party opposes universal health-care and social services. It says health care should be paid through insurance and welfare should be needs based.
Although he lost his $200 deposit in the 1990 election when he failed to capture 10 per cent of the vote in Elgin, Mr. Monteith did pick up 1,104 votes, or 3.24 percent.
That made him the star of the party's 10 candidates in the '90 election, Freedom Party president Robert Metz said Tuesday.
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last updated on April 30, 2002