BBC NEWS | Americas | Canada Conservatives win election

BBC NEWS | Americas | Canada Conservatives win election: "Canada has swung to the right in a general election after 12 years of Liberal rule increasingly overshadowed by allegations of corruption.

Conservative Stephen Harper is set to succeed Paul Martin as prime minister, but will need partners to govern.

'Tonight, friends, our great country has voted for change,' Mr Harper said in his victory speech, pledging to lower taxes and root out corruption.

Mr Martin said he would step down as Liberal leader."