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.CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
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 HorwoodLiberal 30th 1951–1956 Frederick William Rowe Labrador North 31st 1956–1959Earl W. WinsorLiberal 32nd 1959–1962 33rd 1962–1966 34th 1966–1971 35th 1972Melvin Woodward 36th 1972–1975 Naskaupi 37th 1975–1979 Joseph GoudieProgressive Conservative 38th 1979–1982 39th 1982–1985 40th 1985–1989Jim KellandLiberal 41st 1989–1992 1992–1993Ed Roberts 42nd 1993–1996 Lake Melville 43rd 1996–1999Ernie McLeanLiberal 44th 1999–2003 45th 2003–2007 John HickeyProgressive Conservative 46th 2007–2011 47th 2011–2015 Keith Russell 48th 2015–2019Perry TrimperLiberal 49th 2019–2020 2020–2021 Independent 50th 2021–2022 2022–2025 Liberal 51st 2025–2026 Keith RussellProgressive Conservative 51st 2026–present Independent
Election results
|NDP |Bill Cooper |align="right"|147 |align="right"|3.5% |align="right"| |}Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
|NDP |Barbara Stickley |align="right"|135 |align="right"|2.98% |align="right"| |}Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
|NDP |Ronald W. Peddle |align="right"|323 |align="right"|8.8% |align="right"| |- |}General Election Reports . Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
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