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Polls close in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Richard Dekkar
I have every faith that the good people of Newfoundland and Labrador will make the right decision and toss their Liberals today.
George Bayley
Reply to @Richard Dekkar: in favour of who, parasite number 1, 2 or 3 ?
Steve Dueck
Reply to @Richard Dekkar: but we don't want the cons either...it's the lesser of two evils
David Amos
Reply to @Richard Dekkar: Its 10 minutes before its all over but the crying time.
Methinks everybody knows I have no respect for the liberals whatsoever but I still predict they will win another mandate much to your chagrin N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody knows I have no respect for the liberals whatsoever but I still predict they will win another mandate much to your chagrin N'esy Pas?
John Reid
Reply to @Richard Dekkar: It will happen! I have foreseen it!
Praise kek!
Praise kek!
David Amos
Reply to @John Reid:
Its 30 minutes past curtain time and the tally is 24 Liberals to 13
Conservatives 2 Ind and 1 NDP Ches is only 16 votes ahead in his riding
David Amos
Reply to @Richard Dekkar: Well its all over but the crying now
Polls close in Newfoundland and Labrador
Voters deciding whether Liberals have a 2nd term
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Polls are closed and the people of Newfoundland and Labrador are waiting to see their next provincial government.In what has been billed as anybody's race, the Progressive Conservatives are seeking to end the reign of the Liberals under Dwight Ball.
If successful, it would be the first time the province has ousted a government after one term.
The PCs are led by Ches Crosbie, a lawyer who entered provincial politics slightly more than a year ago.
New Democrat Alison Coffin, who won her party's leadership uncontested in March, and NL Alliance Leader Graydon Pelley, who formed his party just a month before the election was called, are also on the ballot for their first elections
There are a number of districts where the races will be interesting to watch, including two popular independents — and former Liberals — running as incumbents.
By early evening, Ball and his team of Liberal contenders were set up at the Greenwood Inn and Suites in Corner Brook, a short drive from his hometown of Deer Lake, and prepared for a party.
Before polls closed, the room was mostly empty aside from media and some party volunteers.
Polls are closed and the people of Newfoundland and Labrador are waiting to see their next provincial government.In what has been billed as anybody's race, the Progressive Conservatives are seeking to end the reign of the Liberals under Dwight Ball.
If successful, it would be the first time the province has ousted a government after one term.
The PCs are led by Ches Crosbie, a lawyer who entered provincial politics slightly more than a year ago.
New Democrat Alison Coffin, who won her party's leadership uncontested in March, and NL Alliance Leader Graydon Pelley, who formed his party just a month before the election was called, are also on the ballot for their first elections
There are a number of districts where the races will be interesting to watch, including two popular independents — and former Liberals — running as incumbents.
By early evening, Ball and his team of Liberal contenders were set up at the Greenwood Inn and Suites in Corner Brook, a short drive from his hometown of Deer Lake, and prepared for a party.
Before polls closed, the room was mostly empty aside from media and some party volunteers.
So. Was very intrigued by these balloons. Turns out they did it this way because there’s a helium shortage. They’re not planning to drop the balloons/giant net and trap the unsuspecting crowd underneath. #nlpoli
Ball, who cast his ballot in his district of Humber–Gros Morne on Thursday morning, said he feels great and asked for the support of voters to continue his work in government
"Everyone recognizes the challenges that we've faced, and this campaign has been about a lot of that," he said.
"But [Newfoundland and Labrador] is a better place today, it's a better province today with a brighter future because of what we've been doing in the last three and half years."
Ball said that the province's political landscape has changed in that time, and that he was happy with how the Liberals ran their campaign.
"In reflecting on this campaign, however, there's been probably some of the dirtiest politics I've ever seen," he said.
"We've ran a good, clean campaign with a great, experienced team. People have a choice today."
Crosbie staying as leader
Meanwhile, the PCs are posted up in a small conference room at the Holiday Inn Express in St. John's.
Crosbie told reporters earlier in the day he had prepared two speeches — one for a victory, and one in the event of a loss.
After casting his ballot this morning, he said he was happy with his party's campaign, and was indignant when asked if he would stay on as leader even if the party failed to form the government.
"Absolutely," he told reporters. "This is not a short-term gig. I promised to rebuild the party and bring the party into power. That is what I will do."
.@CBCNL is live at the PC watch party. @GarrettBarry will bringing you updates all night long from the Holiday Inn Express in St. John’s #cbcnl #nlvotes
The NDP set up its headquarters at the Benevolent Irish Society in St. John's, where Coffin is expected to speak later Thursday night.
The party is only running 14 candidates after fractures inside the NDP left them scrambling for a leader in the weeks before the campaign launched.
In the 2015 election, the NDP ran candidates in all 40 districts provincewide.
As the polls opened in the morning, a number of voters turned out at St. Pius X Parish in St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.
Helen Walsh said it was tough to pick a candidate.
"They're all much the same to me, and you don't know who to believe," she said.
"[I'm] kind of saying eeny, meeny, miny, moe."
"It just feels kind of sneaky to me, to be honest. I'm usually very optimistic and I'm a concerned citizen. This time I just feel apathetic and under-informed about the election," she said.
"I feel a bit duped, you know? I just feel like it was sprung [on voters]."
"I feel like I'm kind of going in and voting quite blindly."
In Corner Brook, Pansy Caines said she only voted on principle — not because any party's campaigning caught her interest.
"I didn't see anybody; nobody came to the door. I had one little poster in my mailbox," she said. "[But] you've got no right to speak if you don't have a vote."
In Happy Valley–Goose Bay, Karen Best marked her vote with the intention of shifting the status quo.
She said violence against women and Indigenous land issues were her two biggest priorities, and she didn't feel the previous Liberal government had done enough to rectify them.
"We're in dire need of change," she said. "Absolutely."
Amazing feeling
Odily Onyia became a Canadian citizen last year and said it felt amazing to cast his vote in Canada for the first time.
Onyia said voting is much different in this province than where he grew up in Nigeria, and he's glad to know that his vote will make a difference.
"It seemed that [a] vote doesn't count because of a lot of corruption. Sometimes people lose their life in polling booths or go to cast votes and come home [after going] through hospital, it's quite disencouraging," he said.
"But look at it here, no police, no military, nobody hanging around."
Onyia encouraged people in Newfoundland and Labrador to cast their vote as well, saying it makes a difference.
Back in the November 2015 election, the total number of votes cast was 200,834 with a voter turnout of 55.3 per cent.
Elections Newfoundland and Labrador opened polling stations at 8 a.m. NT, giving people 12 hours to mark their ballots.
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador will have live coverage on all platforms tonight.
Here & Now starts at 6 p.m. NT on TV, on CBCNews.ca and YouTube, and will continue into the evening with extended, live election coverage. The election special will also be on radio.
Online streaming on Facebook started at 7 p.m. NT.
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