PC Victory in Newfoundland and Labrador Marks End of 10-Year Liberal Rule

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier-Designate Tony Wakeham arrives to speak at a Progressive Conservative campaign party on election day in Stephenville, N.L., on Oct. 14, 2025. The Canadian Press/Gerri Lynn Mackey/VOCM News

Tony Wakeham’s Progressive Conservatives have won a slim majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador, ending a decade of Liberal rule.

The PCs captured 21 of the legislature’s 40 seats in the Oct. 14 election. The Liberals finished with 15 seats, the NDP with two, and independents took the remaining two.