Photo: Torbenbrinker|Torbenbrinker · CC BY-SA 3.0Carol Anstey (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Deer Lake in Ottawa as MP for Long Range Mountains
Deer Lake is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. Mayors and councillors in Newfoundland and Labrador aren’t on any open list, so Deer Lake’s council goes unnamed here. With no licence on the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s ridings map, Deer Lake isn’t placed in a riding here. 4 of the 7 MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Deer Lake, a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.nl.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
The census places Deer Lake in Division No. 5, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Deer Lake, from the most recent elections.
- 1Deer Lake councilTown
- 2House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador–
- 3House of CommonsLong Range Mountains
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Deer Lake votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Deer Lake council | 30 September 2025 | 25 September 2029 |
| House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 14 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador was last elected on 14 October 2025, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Deer Lake council was elected on 30 September 2025, and the next vote is on 25 September 2029. It is the last Tuesday in September every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MHA.
Find your MHA on the legislature’s site
assembly.nl.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Carol Anstey represents Long Range Mountains in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Long Range Mountains · Conservative Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
- Conservative Party of Canada3
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Carol Anstey was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 2025. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Long Range Mountains, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 44%; in 2025 Carol Anstey took it from them.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Gudie Hutchings kept Long Range Mountains for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021
Counts for Long Range Mountains within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
The 2019 result had favoured Gudie Hutchings as well, at 47%. 1,834 votes separated Gudie Hutchings (Liberal Party of Canada) from Carol Anstey (Conservative Party of Canada) in Long Range Mountains in 2021, when the winner took 44%. Long Range Mountains turned out at only 53% in 2021; the country managed 63%.
All 4 candidates in Long Range Mountains, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gudie Hutchings | Liberal Party of Canada | 16,178 | 44.4% |
| Carol Anstey | Conservative Party of Canada | 14,344 | 39.4% |
| Kaila Mintz | New Democratic Party | 4,347 | 11.9% |
| Darrell Shelley | People's Party of Canada | 1,578 | 4.3% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Deer Lake is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.gov.nl.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
Questions about how Deer Lake is run
Who is the MP for Deer Lake?
Long Range Mountains’s MP, Carol Anstey of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents Deer Lake.
Which party won Deer Lake in the 2021 federal election?
Gudie Hutchings won Long Range Mountains for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Long Range Mountains, held by Carol Anstey.
Who is the MHA for Deer Lake?
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s website names each MHA by riding; the riding of Deer Lake has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Deer Lake?
The head of Deer Lake’s council isn’t named here; as a town, it publishes its council itself.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).