Labrador MP-Elect Philip Earle (right) and his predecessor, Yvonne Jones. Philip Earle was the first MP-Elect announced to have won his riding in Canada during Monday’s federal election. “I’m humbled,” Earle told The Independent Monday night at Hotel North 2 in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. As you break down the conversations, Labradorians are strong to the core, so we’re only a degree apart,” Earle said. “And that, for me, gives me more motivation to reach out to build because if we’re going to build Labrador strong, we’re going to build Canadian or Canada strong, it’s going to take all of us working together.