GREEN PARTY PULLS OFF UPSET WITH BYELECTION WIN

The Green party has pulled off an unprecedented electoral victory in P.E.I., doubling its standings in the legislature and potentially signalling a surprising shift in the political landscape of Canada’s smallest province. The upstart party increased the number of its MLAs on the Island to two from one in a byelection Monday following the resignation of a Liberal cabinet minister last month. Hannah Bell, the 48-year-old head of a businesswomen’s association in Charlottetown, easily defeated the Liberal, NDP and Conservative candidates, suggesting a breakthrough for the party that elected its first MLA just two years ago. “Against the odds, we totally knocked it out of the park,” Bell, pictured, said in the morning after a night of celebrating her win. “It’s absolutely astounding and shows the real appetite for change.”