Newfoundland and Labrador premier-designate Tony Wakeham at a Progressive Conservative campaign party on election day in Stephenville, N.L., Oct. 14. Photo by Jessica Stapleton/The Canadian Press

Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador elected a new Progressive Conservative government, jeopardizing a major electricity supply agreement with Quebec .

Progressive Conservative Leader Tony Wakeham campaigned on reviewing the deal, arguing that it doesn’t deliver the best value for people in the eastern province of 550,000 people. That helped propel his party to victory on Tuesday, winning 21 seats in the 40-seat legislature.

Wakeham promised in his victory speech to launch an independent review and use it “to fix this deal or demand a better one.” Any new pact would then go to a referendum

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