Elvis Loveless
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Elvis Loveless
| honorific-suffix = MHA
| image = Elvis Loveless in the District of Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune.jpg
| caption = Loveless in 2019
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office = Minister of Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador
Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer
| term_start = July 19, 2024
| term_end1 = April 8, 2021
| predecessor1 = Sarah Stoodley
| successor1 =
| office2 = Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador
| term_start2 =June 14, 2023
| term_end2 = July 19, 2024
| predecessor2 = Derrick Bragg
| successor2 = Gerry Byrne
| office3 = Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure in Newfoundland and Labrador
| term_start3 = April 8, 2021
| term_end3 = June 14, 2023
| predecessor3 = Derrick Bragg
| successor3 = John Abbott
| office4 = Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador
| term_end4 = April 8, 2021
| predecessor4 = Gerry Byrne
| successor4 = Derrick Bragg{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/furey-liberal-cabinet-1.5977952 |title=John Abbott, Pam Parsons among Furey's additions to cabinet|author=Mike Moore|date=April 8, 2021 |work=CBC News|accessdate=2023-02-20}}
| assembly5 = Newfoundland and Labrador House of
| constituency_AM5 = Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
| term_start5 = May 16, 2019
| term_end5 =
| predecessor5 = Tracey Perry
| successor5 =
| residence =Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
| party = Liberal
| website =
| religion =
| occupation =
}}
Elvis Loveless is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Liberal to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election.{{cite news |last1=Randell|first1=Adam |title=NL Votes: Loveless takes back Fortune Bay – Cape la Hune for Liberals |url=https://www.northernpen.ca/news/local/nl-votes-loveless-takes-back-fortune-bay-cape-la-hune-for-liberals-312731/ |access-date=2 May 2019 |work=Northern Pen |date=16 May 2019}} He represents the electoral district of Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in Central Newfoundland.
Politics
On August 19, 2020, Loveless was appointed Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture in the Furey government.{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-and-labradors-new-premier-doesnt-clear-the-deck-but-he-certainly-shuffled-it-486989/|title=Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier doesn't clear the deck, but he certainly shuffled it|publisher=The Chronicle Herald|date=Aug 19, 2020 |access-date=Mar 7, 2021 }}{{cite news |title=Andrew Furey takes office as 14th premier of N.L., names cabinet |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/andrew-furey-premier-1.5691667 |access-date=19 August 2020 |publisher=CBC News |date=19 August 2020}}
Loveless was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.{{cite news |title=Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-election-list-of-winners-1.5965873 |publisher=CBC News |date=March 27, 2021}} He was appointed Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2021/exec/0408n01/|title=Premier Furey Appoints New Cabinet|date=Apr 8, 2021|first=|last=|publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=May 30, 2021}} On June 14, 2023, he was again appointed Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture.[https://vocm.com/2023/06/14/furey-shuffles-cabinet-in-wake-of-derrick-braggs-cancer-diagnosis/ Furey Shuffles Cabinet in Wake of Derrick Bragg’s Cancer Diagnosis]. VOCM News, June 14, 2023. He was appointed as Minister of Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer on July 19, 2024.[https://vocm.com/2024/07/19/key-portfolios-shift-hands-in-newfoundland-cabinet-shake-up/ Key Portfolios Shift Hands in Newfoundland Cabinet Shake-Up]. VOCM News, July 19, 2024.
Before being elected, Loveless worked for then-MHA Oliver Langdon. He had previously contested the district in the 2007 provincial election losing to PC candidate Tracey Perry.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/nl-votes-loveless-takes-back-fortune-bay-cape-la-hune-for-liberals-312731/|title=NL VOTES: Loveless takes back Fortune Bay – Cape la Hune for Liberals |publisher=The Telegram|date=May 16, 2019|first=Adam|last=Randell|access-date=Mar 7, 2021 }}
In the 2025 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Loveless endorsed John Hogan.{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Terry |date=6 March 2025 |title=John Hogan enters Liberal leadership with splashy launch, bolstered by party stalwarts |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hogan-leadership-launch-1.7476197 |access-date=6 March 2025 |publisher=CBC News}}
Electoral record
{{Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election, 2021/Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune}}
{{Canadian election result/top|NL|2019|percent=yes|change=yes|}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Elvis Loveless|1,759|53.41|+15.8}}
{{CANelec|NL|PC|Charlene Walsh|1,536|46.6|-2.4}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,295|100|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|17||}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|3,312|62.0|-5.6}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|5,342|}}
{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web |title=2019 Provincial General Election Report |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2019.pdf |publisher=Elections Newfoundland and Labrador |access-date=Mar 9, 2021 |page=135 |date=Feb 7, 2020}}}}
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{{Election box begin | title=2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election{{cite web |title=October 9, 2007 Provincial General Election Report |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2007.pdf |publisher=Elections Newfoundland and Labradoe |access-date=Mar 9, 2021 |page=31 |date=July 7, 2008}}}}
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{{CANelec |NL |PC |Tracey Perry |2,539 |63.19% |–}}
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{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Elvis Loveless|1,395|34.72%|}}
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{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Sheldon Hynes
|align="right"|84
|align="right"|2.09%
|align="right"|
|}
References
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Category:Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:21st-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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