Shortly after his appointment, Wells permitted Ontario schoolchildren to watch the final game of the 1972 ``Summit Series'' ice hockey tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union from their classrooms. He defeated Liberal challenger Gerry Phillips by 2,677 votes in the 1975 election, and was returned by a greater majority again in 1977. On August 16, 1978, Davis appointed Wells as _his_ Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. <sep>, Pronoun: his