The provincial PCs got a big boost this week when Jim McKenna won the byelection in Fogo Island-Cape Freels. Political psychologist Amanda Bittner shared her thoughts on what the Tory win means in the big picture for NL politics

CBC Newfoundland Morning

When Progressive Conservative Jim McKenna won the Fogo Island-Cape Freels by-election this week, it flipped a district that had been Liberal since it was created in 2015. McKenna took the district by more than a thousand votes over the Liberal candidate. He says important issues for rural voters, such as ferry service and the inshore fishery, have been ignored by the Furey government. To find out whether McKenna's election is a one-off, or could be an indication of more change to come, we reached political psychologist Amanda Bittner. at Memorial University.