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Torngat Mountains (electoral district)

Field	Value
name	Torngat Mountains
province	Newfoundland and Labrador
image	Torngat Mountains.png
caption	Torngat Mountains in relation to other districts in Labrador
prov-status	Active
prov-created	1979
prov-election-first	1979
prov-election-last	2025
prov-rep	Lela Evans
prov-rep-party	PC
demo-census-date	2011
demo-pop	3548
demo-electors	2132
demo-electors-date	2015
demo-area	113100
demo-cd	Division No. 10 (part), Division No. 11
demo-csd	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. 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. On March 7, 2022, Evans joined the NDP. On July 16, 2024, she rejoined the PC Party.

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

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

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member	Party
38th	1979–1982	NL	Liberal	background}}		Garfield Warren
39th	1982–1985
1985	NL	PC	background}}		Progressive Conservative
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993
42nd	1993–1996			William Andersen III
43rd	1996–1999	NL	Liberal	background}}		Wally Andersen
44th	1999–2003
45th	2003–2007
46th	2007–2011			Patty Pottle
47th	2011–2015	NL	Liberal	background}}		Randy Edmunds
48th	2015–2019
49th	2019–2021	NL	PC	background}}		Lela Evans
50th	2021
2021–2022	NL	IND	background}}		Independent
2022–2024	NL	NDP	background}}		New Democrat
2024–2025	NL	PC	background}}		Progressive Conservative
51st	2025–present

Election results

References

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

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