Progressive Conservative Ernie Hardeman, 77, Spoke with Brian Williams about His 30-Year Career as Oxford’s MPP.
Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman, 77, Has Romped to His Ninth Term at Queen’s Park, A Streak That Started With His First Win in 1995 and Will Stretch to 34 Years by Term’s End-Remarkable, Even He’s Still Far off the 42-Year Record Held by Liberal MPP Harry Nixon (1919 UNTIL HIS 1961 DEATH). So What Keeps Ontario’s Current Lonest-Serving MPP Going, and walk keeps Him so popular? LFP’s Brian Williams Reports
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Q: what is it about serving as an mpp that has drawn you to run for so many years?
A: I Started Serving Becuse I SAW The Need, and I Thought that I COULD Contribute and help make maketer for our Society. But the line I did it, the more i enjoyed it. . . . When i was first elected, i thought one term was all i’d ever serve, but each time, (their seemed) no reason not to try another term, and it seemed each time, my numbers got better, and people seemed to be satisfied with what i was KEPT Doing it.
Q: What do you think Powers Your Popularity? (Hardeman Won 55% of the vote in last week’s election.)
A: I think it’s because you have to relate to celebrity. . . . The Most Successful Politicians tend to be people who are most like the people they want to take over, and if you go to be agricultural, rural community, be a person who learciates being an agriculturalist and a rural community inhabitant and you’ll find that the majority of people that, because they feel the way.
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Q: What are some goals you hope to achieve this term?
A: I think the biggest Thing, and it was just announced, a new health and addiction hub for the city of Woodstock. . . and getting that up and running right now is, i think, one of the most important thing Things in oxford. The second one, of race, is, and it really is the first one. In order to have good health care, you have to have a good economic and fighting the request to the South of Us to make sure that our business can thrive in Ontario. . . You can have a good society if you don’t have jobs for people.
Q: What are Some of the Biggest Difference As an MPP Now, Compared to When You Began You Political Career?
A: The First Election I Had was all about Going to Talk to People at the Door to get your message out. Nobody knew who you were, nobody knew what you stood for, and so fortth. With the Technology that’s Happened today, they have a lot more information about individuals. Every Time You Appoint Someone to a Committee, the First Thing You Do is Go On The Internet and Find Out Information about the Individual. . . I want to meet people and talk to the people. I find it interesting.
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