Graham Flight

Graham Ralph Flight (March 22, 1936 – March 20, 2025) was a Canadian politician who represented the districts of Windsor-Buchans and Windsor-Springdale in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.^[1][2]

Graham Flight
MHA for Windsor-Buchans
In office 1975–1982
MHA for Windsor-Buchans
In office 1985–1987
Succeeded by	Clyde Wells
MHA for Windsor-Buchans
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	Clyde Wells
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MHA for Windsor-Springdale
In office 1996–1999
Preceded by	new district
Succeeded by	Ray Hunter
Personal details
Born	(1936-03-22)March 22, 1936 Cottle's Island, Dominion of Newfoundland
Died	March 20, 2025(2025-03-20) (aged 88) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Political party	Liberal

Flight was born at Cottle's Island and was raised in Buchans. He was a teacher and also served as chair of the board of trustees for Buchans.^[3]

He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly as a member of the Liberal Party in 1975. Flight was reelected in 1979, defeated in 1982 and was elected again in 1985.^[4] He resigned his seat to allow Clyde Wells to run for a seat in the assembly in a 1987 by-election. He was reelected in 1989. Flight served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Forestry and Agriculture.^[3] Flight died in St. John's on March 20, 2025, at the age of 88.^[5]