| Labrador West | |
| Province: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Prov-Status: | Active |
| Prov-Created: | 1962 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1962 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Prov-Rep: | Jordan Brown |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2011 |
| Demo-Pop: | 9238 |
| Demo-Electors: | 6202 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2015 |
| Demo-Area: | 60350 |
| Demo-Cd: | Division No. 10 |
| Demo-Csd: | Labrador City, Wabush, Division No. 10, Subd. D |
Labrador West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From 1975 to 1996, the district was known as Menihek.
Known as the iron ore capital of Canada with two modern mining communities, Labrador City and Wabush, the district has a strong base of labour support.[1] This district was the first in Newfoundland and Labrador to send a New Democratic member to the House of Assembly, electing party leader Peter Fenwick in a 1984 by-election. The NDP regained the seat in 2019 election, beating the Liberals by a mere two votes and holding the riding in the 2021 general election by a twenty one point margin.[2] [3] [4]
The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labrador West | ||||||
| 33rd | 1962-1966 | Charles Devine | Independent | |||
| 34th | 1966-1969 | Thomas W. Burgess | Liberal | |||
| 1969-1971 | Labrador Party | |||||
| 35th | 1972 | |||||
| 1972 | Liberal | |||||
| 36th | 1972-1975 | Joseph G. Rousseau | Progressive Conservative | |||
| Menihek | ||||||
| 37th | 1975-1979 | Joseph G. Rousseau | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 38th | 1979-1982 | Peter J. Walsh | ||||
| 39th | 1982-1984 | |||||
| 1984-1985 | Peter Fenwick | New Democratic | ||||
| 40th | 1985-1989 | |||||
| 41st | 1989-1993 | Alec Snow | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 42nd | 1993-1996 | |||||
| Labrador West | ||||||
| 43rd | 1996-1999 | Perry Canning | Liberal | |||
| 44th | 1999-2003 | Randy Collins | New Democratic | |||
| 45th | 2003-2007 | |||||
| 2007 | Jim Baker | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 46th | 2007-2011 | |||||
| 47th | 2011-2015 | Nick McGrath | ||||
| 48th | 2015-2019 | Graham Letto | Liberal | |||
| 49th | 2019–2021 | Jordan Brown | New Democratic | |||
| 50th | 2021–Present | |||||