Torngat Mountains (electoral district)

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Torngat Mountains
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Torngat Mountains in relation to other districts in Labrador
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 		 
Lela Evans
Progressive Conservative
District created1979
First contested 1979
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Population (2011)3,548
Electors (2015)2,132
Area (km²)113,100
Census division(s) Division No. 10 (part), Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s) Hopedale, Makkovik, Nain, Natuashish, Postville, Rigolet, Division No. 10, Subd. C (part), Division No. 10, Subd. D (part), Division No. 10, Subd. E, Division No. 11, Subd. C (part), Division No. 11, Subd. E

Torngat Mountains is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 2,130 eligible voters living within the district. [1] The district takes its name from the Torngat Mountains.

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Progressive Conservative Lela Evans was elected as the Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for this district in the 2019 general election defeating Liberal incumbent Randy Edmunds. Evans was re-elected in 2021. On October 25, 2021, Evans left the PC Party to sit as an Independent in the House of Assembly. [2] On March 7, 2022, Evans joined the NDP. [3] [4] On July 16, 2024, she rejoined the PC Party.

The district contains a large indigenous population, including the Inuit self-governing territory of Nunatsiavut, [5] as well as the Naskapi community of Natuashish which is a federal reserve. [6] [7] The Voisey's Bay nickel mine, near Nain, is also in the district. [8] [9] [10]

All six indigenous communities in the district are inaccessible by road and may be reached only by air or sea. [11] [12]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
38th 1979-1982   Garfield Warren Liberal
39th 1982-1985
1985   Progressive Conservative
40th 1985-1989
41st 1989-1993
42nd 1993-1996 William Andersen III Liberal
43rd 1996-1999 Wally Andersen Liberal
44th 1999-2003
45th 2003-2007
46th 2007-2011 Patty Pottle Progressive Conservative
47th 2011-2015 Randy Edmunds Liberal
48th 2015-2019
49th 2019–2021   Lela Evans Progressive Conservative
50th 2021
2021–2022   Independent
2022-2024   New Democrat
2024–Present   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%±%
Liberal Tony Powell
Progressive Conservative Lela Evans
New Democratic MK Morris
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
hold Swing
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Lela Evans 42088.79+32.21
New Democratic Patricia Johnson-Castle377.82
Liberal Devon Ryan163.38-40.03
Total valid votes473
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +12.19
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%±%
Progressive Conservative Lela Evans 62356.58+53.85
Liberal Randy Edmunds 47843.42-49.21
Total valid votes1,10098.57
Total rejected ballots161.43+0.26
Turnout1,11755.24+15.33
Eligible voters2,022
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +51.53
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Randy Edmunds 77992.63+43.55
New Democratic Mark Sharkey394.64-7.63
Progressive Conservative Sharon Vokey232.73-35.91
Total valid votes84198.82–
Total rejected ballots101.18–
Turnout85139.92-34.92
Eligible voters2,132
Liberal hold Swing +25.59
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [13]
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Randy Edmunds 74449.08+7.88
Progressive Conservative Patty Pottle 58638.65-15.51
New Democratic Alex Saunders18612.27+12.27
Total valid votes1,51697.43–
Total rejected ballots402.57–
Turnout1,55674.84+3.65
Eligible voters2,079
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.70
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [14]
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Patty Pottle 79454.16+28.18
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 60441.20-27.73
Labrador Jimmy Tuttauk684.64-0.45
Total valid votes1,46699.05–
Total rejected ballots140.95–
Turnout1,48071.19+3.60
Eligible voters2,079
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +27.95
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [15]
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wally Andersen 93468.93-16.13
Progressive Conservative Winston White35225.98+11.04
Labrador Lucy Jararuse695.09+5.09
Total valid votes1,35599.05–
Total rejected ballots130.95–
Turnout1,36867.59-12.66
Eligible voters2,024
Liberal hold Swing -13.59
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [16]
1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wally Andersen 1,03685.06+14.77
Progressive Conservative Simeon Tshakapesh18214.94-14.77
Total valid votes1,21899.59–
Total rejected ballots50.41–
Turnout1,22380.25-4.38
Eligible voters1,524
Liberal hold Swing +14.77
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [17]
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wally Andersen 79570.29+21.49
Progressive Conservative Bill Flowers33629.71-18.85
Total valid votes1,13199.42–
Total rejected ballots30.58–
Turnout1,13484.63+1.66
Eligible voters1,340
Liberal hold Swing +20.17
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [18]
1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Andersen III 59148.80+17.15
Progressive Conservative Patricia Ford58848.56-14.21
New Democratic Felix Barnable322.64-2.94
Total valid votes1,21199.43–
Total rejected ballots70.57–
Turnout1,21882.97-7.43
Eligible voters1,468
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +15.68
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [19]
1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Garfield Warren 82162.77+10.97
Liberal Mervin Linstead41431.65-9.07
New Democratic Bill Wheaton735.58-1.90
Total valid votes1,30898.57–
Total rejected ballots191.43–
Turnout1,32790.40+8.71
Eligible voters1,468
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.02
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [20]
1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Garfield Warren 58951.80+33.01
Liberal Melvin Woodward 46340.72-40.49
New Democratic John Terriak857.48+7.48
Total valid votes1,13798.78–
Total rejected ballots141.22–
Turnout1,15181.69-17.37
Eligible voters1,409
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +36.75
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [21]
1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Garfield Warren 92581.21+26.96
Progressive Conservative David L. Hunt21418.79-26.96
Total valid votes1,13998.70–
Total rejected ballots151.30–
Turnout1,15499.06+25.07
Eligible voters1,165
Liberal hold Swing +26.96
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [22]
1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Garfield Warren 46054.25–
Progressive Conservative William Harold Flowers38845.75–
Total valid votes84898.38–
Total rejected ballots141.62–
Turnout86273.99–
Eligible voters1,165
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing –
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [23]

References

  1. ↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions TORNGAT MOUNTAINS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Staff, CBC News (25 October 2021). "Lela Evans, MHA for Labrador's Torngat Mountains district, leaving PC Party". CBC News . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Smith, Greg. "Former PC MHA Joins NDP". VOCM. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Former PC MHA Lela Evans joins NDP caucus". CBC News. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Land Claims". Department of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Mushuau Innu First Nation Band Order SOR/2002-415". Justice Canada. 21 November 2002.
  7. ↑ "Archived - Reserve Creation at Natuashish". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Nov 2007. Retrieved Oct 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ "CBC My Region - Torngat Mountains".
  9. ↑ "Voisey's Bay Mine Expansion". vale.com. 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Voisey's Bay underground development hits 10% completion". CBC News. Aug 28, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ Moore, Angel (Apr 5, 2020). "Indigenous leaders asking that access to Labrador be sealed off". APTN News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ Churchill Duke, Laura (20 Sep 2019). "Hopedale woman circulating petition calling for the province to subsidize flights to northern Labrador". Saltwire. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Report on the Provincial General Election, October 11, 2011" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "Report on the Provincial General Election, October 9, 2007" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Report on the October 21, 2003 General Election" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 9 July 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Fourth General Assembly, February 9, 1999" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 9 November 1999. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Third General Assembly, February 22, 1996" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 1996. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Second General Assembly, May 3, 1993" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1994. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Election Statistics 1989" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1989. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "Election Returns 1985" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 22 October 1985. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Election Returns 1982" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 August 1982. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "Election Returns 1979" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 12 October 1979. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

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