Lake Melville (electoral district)

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Lake Melville
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Lake Melville in relation to other districts in Labrador
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 
 
Keith Russell
Progressive Conservative
District created1975
First contested 1975
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Population (2006)10,299
Electors (2011)6,647

Lake Melville is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 6,647 eligible voters living within the district. [1]

Contents

The district includes Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Churchill Falls, North West River, Sheshatshiu and Mud Lake. Happy Valley-Goose Bay is a service and defence town. Aboriginal issues, defence spending, hydroelectric power and control over development of forest resources are the major issues of the district. [2]

Sheshatshiu, a federal Innu reserve, is located approximately 30 kilometres north of Goose Bay.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Labrador
29th 1949-1951 Harold Horwood Liberal
30th 1951-1956 Frederick William Rowe
Labrador North
31st 1956-1959 Earl W. Winsor Liberal
32nd 1959-1962
33rd 1962-1966
34th 1966-1971
35th 1972 Melvin Woodward
36th 1972-1975
Naskaupi
37th 1975-1979   Joseph Goudie Progressive Conservative
38th 1979-1982
39th 1982-1985
40th 1985-1989 Jim Kelland Liberal
41st 1989-1992
1992-1993 Ed Roberts
42nd 1993-1996
Lake Melville
43rd 1996-1999 Ernie McLean Liberal
44th 1999-2003
45th 2003-2007   John Hickey Progressive Conservative
46th 2007-2011
47th 2011-2015 Keith Russell
48th 2015-2019 Perry Trimper Liberal
49th 2019-2020
2020-2021   Independent
50th 2021-2022
2022-2025   Liberal
51st 2025-present   Keith Russell Progressive Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Russell 1,71855.42+31.55
Liberal Shaun Maclean1,28041.29+27.94
New Democratic Jamie Ruby1023.29-8.88
Total valid votes3,100
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative gain from Independent Swing +40.71
[3]
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Perry Trimper 1,14349.87
Progressive Conservative Shannon John Tobin54723.87-12.07
Liberal Michelle Baikie30613.35-32.49
New Democratic Amy Norman27912.17
Independent Andrew T. Abbass170.74
Total valid votes2,29299.13
Total rejected ballots200.87
Turnout2,31236.39
Eligible voters6,353
Independent gain from Liberal Swing +41.18
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)" . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Perry Trimper 1,51745.8
Progressive Conservative Shannon John Tobin1,18935.9
Independent Jim Learning60318.2
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Perry Trimper 1,84062.0%+46.77
Progressive Conservative Keith Russell85028.6%-21.39
New Democratic Arlene Michelin-Pittman2809.4%-25.39
Total valid votes2,970100.0
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Russell 1,74049.99%-6.69
New Democratic Arlene Michelin-Pittman1,21134.79%+31.29
Liberal Chris Montague53015.23%-24.59
Total valid votes3,481100.0
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Hickey 2,38056.68%
Liberal Chris Montague1,67239.82%
  NDP Bill Cooper1473.5%

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Hickey1,77639.27%
Labrador Party Brandon Pardy1,48632.85%
Liberal Ken Anthony1,12624.89%
  NDP Barbara Stickley1352.98%

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1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ernie McLean1,91552.3%
Progressive Conservative Hayward Broomfield1,41338.6%
  NDP Ronald W. Peddle3238.8%

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