Cal Mitchell (politician)

Cal Mitchell
MHA
Cal Mitchell MHA
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly; for La Poile
	In office; 2 April 1985 – 20 April 1989
Preceded by	Steve Neary
Succeeded by	Bill Ramsay
Personal details
Born	c. 1940; Petites, Newfoundland
Party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Businessman

Succeeded byBill Ramsay

Bornc. 1940^[1]

Calvin "Cal" Mitchell is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was the member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (MHA) for La Poile from 1985 to 1989.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Ramsay	2,706	49.98	1.21
	Progressive Conservative	Cal Mitchell	1,403	25.91	9.61
	Independent	Paul Gillingham	1,206	22.28	–
	New Democratic	Janet Francis	99	1.83	13.88
Total valid votes			5,414	99.71
Total rejected ballots			16	0.29
Total votes			5,430	77.70	6.81
Eligible voters			6,988
	Liberal hold		Swing		8.23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Ramsay	2,413	48.77	14.41
	Progressive Conservative	Cal Mitchell	1,757	35.52	5.36
	New Democratic	Stephen MacKenzie	777	15.71	9.05
Total valid votes			4,947	99.88
Total rejected ballots			7	0.12
Total votes			4,953	70.89	5.33
Eligible voters			6,988
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		9.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cal Mitchell	2,138	40.88	8.63
	Liberal	Noreen Saunders	1,797	34.36	16.13
	New Democratic	Stephen MacKenzie	1,295	24.76	23.42
Total valid votes			5,230	99.65
Total rejected ballots			18	0.35
Total votes			5,248	76.22
Eligible voters			6,885
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		16.06

Electoral history

Cal Mitchell MHA

Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for La Poile
In office 2 April 1985 (1985-04-02) – 20 April 1989 (1989-04-20)
Preceded by	Steve Neary
Succeeded by	Bill Ramsay

Personal details
Born	c. 1940^[1] Petites, Newfoundland
Party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Businessman