That from UPEI political scientist Don Desserud who tells CHSJ News it's significant when party after a serious defeat, like the Liberals had in the 2010 election, gets a permanent leader who gets a seat in the house.
He says it's offer a new dynamic and a new spirit so it's good news for the Liberals. He tells us he doesn't think it's any surprise that he won but it's still a great morale boost.
Desserud says it's always tricky when a party loses an election and has to find a new leader adding he thinks the provincial Liberals were well served by Victor Boudreau as interim leader.
With an interim leader he says everyone knows including the government that the person they are facing will not be running in the election so it changes the intensity of the attacks on the opposition.
