Lake Melville is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011, there were 6,647 eligible voters living within the district.
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.
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:
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! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
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! colspan="5" | Labrador
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| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 29th
| 1949–1951
| rowspan="2" |
| Harold Horwood
| rowspan="2" |Liberal
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| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 30th
| 1951–1956
| Frederick William Rowe
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! colspan="5" | Labrador North
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 31st
| 1956–1959
| rowspan="6" |
| rowspan="4" |Earl W. Winsor
| rowspan="6" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd
| 1959–1962
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 33rd
| 1962–1966
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th
| 1966–1971
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th
| 1972
| rowspan="2" |Melvin Woodward
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th
| 1972–1975
|-
! colspan="5" | Naskaupi
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th
| 1975–1979
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Joseph Goudie
| rowspan="3" |Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th
| 1979–1982
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th
| 1982–1985
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th
| 1985–1989
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="2" |Jim Kelland
| rowspan="4" |Liberal
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st
| 1989–1992
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| 1992–1993
| rowspan="2" |Ed Roberts
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd
| 1993–1996
|-
|-
! colspan="5" | Lake Melville
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd
| 1996–1999
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Ernie McLean
| rowspan="2" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th
| 1999–2003
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 45th
| 2003–2007
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="2" |John Hickey
| rowspan="3" |Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th
| 2007–2011
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th
| 2011–2015
| Keith Russell
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th
| 2015–2019
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="5" |Perry Trimper
| rowspan="2" |Liberal
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th
| 2019–2020
|-
| 2020–2021
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Independent
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th
| 2021–2022
|-
| 2022–2025
| |
|Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 51st
| 2025–present
| |
| Keith Russell
|Progressive Conservative
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Election results
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|NDP
|Bill Cooper
|align="right"|147
|align="right"|3.5%
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|NDP
|Barbara Stickley
|align="right"|135
|align="right"|2.98%
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|NDP
|Ronald W. Peddle
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|8.8%
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See also
- List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links
- Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly