Pleaman Forsey

The Honourable
Pleaman Forsey
The Honourable Pleaman Forsey
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly; for Exploits
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 16, 2019
Preceded by	Jerry Dean
Minister of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Lisa Dempster
Minister of Crown lands and Minister of Emergency preparedness and Disaster Management
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Office Established
Personal details
Party	Progressive Conservative

Preceded byJerry Dean

Preceded byOffice Established

Pleaman Forsey is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election.^[1] He represents the electoral district of Exploits as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.^[2] Forsey supported Tony Wakeham in the 2023 provincial PC party leadership race.

On October 29, 2025, Forsey was appointed to Minister of Forestry, Agriculture, and Lands, and Minister of Crown Lands.^[4]

v t e 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Exploits
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pleaman Forsey	3,406	61.0%	+6.20
	Liberal	Fabian Power	2,019	36.2%	-9.18
	New Democratic	Dawn Lahey	160	2.9%	-
Total valid votes			5,585
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+
^[6]

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Exploits
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pleaman Forsey	2,641	54.80	+5.36
	Liberal	Rodney Mercer	2,178	45.20	+12.10
Total valid votes			4,819	99.05
Total rejected ballots			46	0.95
Turnout			4,865	51.50
Eligible voters			9,447
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.37
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 Report" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2025.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pleaman Forsey	2,874	49.4	+2.4
	Liberal	Jerry Dean	1,924	33.1	-17.1
	Independent	Gloria Cooper	1,015	17.5	-
Total valid votes			5,813	100
Total rejected ballots			17
Turnout			5,830	64.7
Eligible voters			9,015

v t e Current members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Progressive Conservative	Wakeham Balsom Barbour Butt Conway-Ottenheimer Cormier P. Dinn Dwyer Evans Forsey Goosney McKenna O'Driscoll Paddock Pardy Parrott Petten Power Russell Tibbs Wall
Liberal	Hogan Davis Dempster Ford Gambin-Walsh Hutton King Korab Loveless J. Parsons P. Parsons Pike Stoodley Stoyles White
New Democratic	J. Dinn O'Leary
Independents	Joyce Lane

Election results

The Honourable Pleaman Forsey

Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Exploits
Incumbent
Assumed office May 16, 2019
Preceded by	Jerry Dean
Minister of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands
Incumbent
Assumed office October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Lisa Dempster
Minister of Crown lands and Minister of Emergency preparedness and Disaster Management
Incumbent
Assumed office October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Office Established

Personal details
Party	Progressive Conservative