Carol Anstey (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Long Range Mountains, the riding that includes Kippens
No provincial riding is named for Kippens, because the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse. For local government, Kippens is a town. In Newfoundland and Labrador, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Kippens’ mayor isn’t named. 4 of the 7 MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Kippens, 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.
Kippens has no upper-tier council: Division No. 4, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Kippens, from the most recent elections.
- 1Kippens 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 Kippens votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kippens council | 30 September 2025 | 25 September 2029 |
| House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 14 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador on 14 October 2025 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. The council elected on 30 September 2025 serves until 25 September 2029, when Kippens council is chosen again. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the last Tuesday in September every four years. The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021.
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
April 2025 was Carol Anstey’s first election to the House of Commons. Mapped onto today’s Long Range Mountains, the 2021 vote favoured the Liberal Party of Canada with 44%, which makes Carol Anstey’s 2025 win a gain.
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
In 2021, Long Range Mountains re-elected Gudie Hutchings of the Liberal Party of Canada
Long Range Mountains as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
53% of electors in Long Range Mountains voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada. Long Range Mountains elected Gudie Hutchings (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 44% of the vote, a lead of 1,834 over Carol Anstey (Conservative Party of Canada). Gudie Hutchings was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 47%.
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 Kippens is run
Check or update the federal list.
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ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.gov.nl.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
Questions about how Kippens is run
Who is the MP for Kippens?
For Kippens, it’s Carol Anstey (Conservative Party of Canada), who holds Long Range Mountains.
Which party won Kippens in the 2021 federal election?
Long Range Mountains went to Gudie Hutchings (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Carol Anstey has been the MP for Long Range Mountains.
Who is the MHA for Kippens?
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s website names each MHA by riding; the riding of Kippens has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Kippens?
Ask the municipality itself: Kippens, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).