Lake Melville (electoral district)

Lake Melville

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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 created	1975
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]

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:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
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)

v t e 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Russell	1,718	55.42	+31.55
	Liberal	Shaun Maclean	1,280	41.29	+27.94
	New Democratic	Jamie Ruby	102	3.29	-8.88
Total valid votes			3,100
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		+40.71
[3]

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Perry Trimper	1,143	49.87
	Progressive Conservative	Shannon John Tobin	547	23.87	-12.07
	Liberal	Michelle Baikie	306	13.35	-32.49
	New Democratic	Amy Norman	279	12.17
	Independent	Andrew T. Abbass	17	0.74
Total valid votes			2,292	99.13
Total rejected ballots			20	0.87
Turnout			2,312	36.39
Eligible voters			6,353
	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
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Perry Trimper	1,517	45.8
	Progressive Conservative	Shannon John Tobin	1,189	35.9
	Independent	Jim Learning	603	18.2
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Perry Trimper	1,840	62.0%	+46.77
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Russell	850	28.6%	-21.39
	New Democratic	Arlene Michelin-Pittman	280	9.4%	-25.39
Total valid votes			2,970	100.0

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Russell	1,740	49.99%	-6.69
	New Democratic	Arlene Michelin-Pittman	1,211	34.79%	+31.29
	Liberal	Chris Montague	530	15.23%	-24.59
Total valid votes			3,481	100.0

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Hickey	2,380	56.68%	–
	Liberal	Chris Montague	1,672	39.82%
	NDP	Bill Cooper	147	3.5%

^[4]

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Hickey	1,776	39.27%	–
	Labrador Party	Brandon Pardy	1,486	32.85%
	Liberal	Ken Anthony	1,126	24.89%
	NDP	Barbara Stickley	135	2.98%

^[5]

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernie McLean	1,915	52.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Hayward Broomfield	1,413	38.6%	–
	NDP	Ronald W. Peddle	323	8.8%

^[6]

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions LAKE MELVILLE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
3. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/newfoundland-labrador/2025/results/#/riding/27300
4. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
5. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
6. General Election Reports Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine . Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 2011.

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly