 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Torngat_Mountains.png) Torngat Mountains in relation to other districts in Labrador | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1979 | ||
| 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.
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]
- ^ "Summary of Polling Divisions TORNGAT MOUNTAINS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith, Greg. "Former PC MHA Joins NDP". VOCM. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Former PC MHA Lela Evans joins NDP caucus". CBC News. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mushuau Innu First Nation Band Order SOR/2002-415". Justice Canada. 21 November 2002.
- ^ "Archived - Reserve Creation at Natuashish". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Nov 2007. Retrieved Oct 16, 2020.
- ^ "CBC My Region - Torngat Mountains".
- ^ "Voisey's Bay Mine Expansion". vale.com. 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ "Voisey's Bay underground development hits 10% completion". CBC News. Aug 28, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ Moore, Angel (Apr 5, 2020). "Indigenous leaders asking that access to Labrador be sealed off". APTN News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2020.
- ^ 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.