'I'm so fuddle duddle happy,' and other quotes to remember
Monday was a dramatic night in Newfoundland and Labrador, as a wave of red swept the entire province.
While some of the seven Liberal wins were expected, there were some nail-biting moments and extremely close calls.
As the results spilled out, candidates responded with both exclamations of elation and somber acknowledgements of defeat.
"I'm so fuddle duddle happy, I could fuddle duddle cry." —Nick Whalen, after winning St. John's East for the Liberals.
"There's lots of regrets … I'm done with politics... I've had a great run." —Scott Andrews, after losing his bid to represent Avalon as an Independent.
"I've got to say I am surprised, I'm surprised to see the results tonight." —Jack Harris, after losing his thought-to-be-safe NDP seat to Liberal Nick Whalen.
"It's been a brutal campaign." —Ryan Cleary, after losing his NDP seat in St. John's South-Mount Pearl.
"It's scary when you think about how green I was when I started all of this." —Seamus O'Regan, winner of St. John's South-Mount Pearl for the Liberals.
"I'm only young, I'll never say no at this point. I'm only 51, right? So we'll see what the future brings." —Peter Penashue, who lost in Labrador with 14 per cent of the vote. The former MP placed third.
"We knew it would be a big win." —Ken McDonald, after winning Avalon with 56 per cent of the vote.
"If I'm going to be elected by a district, I want to be able to say that I've been everywhere, spoken to people everywhere, and knocked on a lot of doors everywhere. And it's from the whole district." —Gudie Hutchings, a political rookie who won Long Range Mountains for the Liberals.
"Someone said a long time ago that people have the right to be wrong. I think the logic would be to continue to have an NDP representative because that's who's there and that's who's doing the job that people tell me that they like, but that's not always — the logic doesn't always play a big role in politics." —Jack Harris.
"This is not a job, this is a life. And I did this to the best of my ability. I gave it everything I had, everything was laid out there." —Ryan Cleary.