Elvis Loveless

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.^[3] He represents the electoral district of Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in Central Newfoundland.

Elvis Loveless MHA
Loveless in 2019
Minister of Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer
Incumbent
Assumed office July 19, 2024
Preceded by	Sarah Stoodley
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador
In office June 14, 2023 – July 19, 2024
Preceded by	Derrick Bragg
Succeeded by	Gerry Byrne
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure in Newfoundland and Labrador
In office April 8, 2021 – June 14, 2023
Preceded by	Derrick Bragg
Succeeded by	John Abbott
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador
In office August 19, 2020[1] – April 8, 2021
Preceded by	Gerry Byrne
Succeeded by	Derrick Bragg[2]
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Incumbent
Assumed office May 16, 2019
Preceded by	Tracey Perry
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Politics

On August 19, 2020, Loveless was appointed Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture in the Furey government.^[4][5]

Loveless was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.^[6] He was appointed Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.^[7] On June 14, 2023, he was again appointed Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

In the 2025 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Loveless endorsed John Hogan.^[11]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elvis Loveless	1,868	68.22	+14.84
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Walsh	781	28.52	-18.09
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	89	3.25
Total valid votes			2,738
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+16.47
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved March 3, 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved March 27, 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elvis Loveless	1,759	53.41	+15.8
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Walsh	1,536	46.6	-2.4
Total valid votes			3,295	100
Total rejected ballots			17
Turnout			3,312	62.0	-5.6
Eligible voters			5,342
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. February 7, 2020. p. 135. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tracey Perry	2,539	63.19%	–
	Liberal	Elvis Loveless	1,395	34.72%
	NDP	Sheldon Hynes	84	2.09%