Liberals win landslide victory in Newfoundland and Labrador election

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Liberals win landslide victory in Newfoundland and Labrador election

Dwight Ball, a pharmacist who had struggled in the past just to get elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature, has led the Liberals to a commanding victory Monday night in a general election that brought an end to 12 years of Tory government.

Final results were in by 11 p.m. NT and showed 31 seats for a Liberal majority, seven Progressive Conservative seats and two seats for the New Democrats in the 20th general provincial election.

Liberal Leader Ball was declared elected in Humber-Gros Morne, with around 77 per cent of the vote, shortly before 9 p.m.

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Liberals win landslide victory in Newfoundland and Labrador election - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News