Topsail by-election

Today's provincial by-election in Newfoundland in the district of Topsail is now over.

At least according to me, Paul Davis, the PC candidate, was the heavy favourite going into the race. I became more certain of this when it was clear that the Liberals and NDP had appointed candidates that were relatively unknown (at least to me).

Anyway, though the turnout was only 33%, Davis managed to win by almost than 2400 votes (Davis had 2737 votes, the Liberal candidate had 238, and the NDP candidate had 374).

Elections Newfoundland and Labrador had a pretty neat live update system that impressed me. Check it out here if you are interested.