ST. JOHN’S — Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador showed they were in the mood for a big change on Tuesday by ousting the governing Liberals after ten years in power and handing a slim majority win to the Progressive Conservatives.

As the final ballots were counted at the conclusion of the autumn election campaign, Tony Wakeham’s Tories edged into a small lead after a white-knuckle, see-saw battle, and then steadily pulled ahead of Premier John Hogan’s Liberals.

In his victory speech, Wakeham took aim at pundits who had predicted another Liberal win. “I’ve spent over 30 years of my life coaching basketball, and you learn that no stat is less important than the score at halftime,” he said.

“It was only a couple of months ago that a whole lot of people were looking at the halftime score an

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