Cal Mitchell (politician)

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 Petites, Newfoundland
Party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Businessman

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.

Politics

Mitchell is a businessman from Petites on the southern coast of Newfoundland. Before he was elected to the House of Assembly, he served as the president of the Southwest Coast Development Association.

Mitchell first attempted to run for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination in the riding of Burin—St. George's for the 1984 federal election, but he lost the nomination to Joe Price. He successfully ran as the PC candidate in the district of La Poile for the 1985 provincial election, having defeated former provincial Liberal leader Bill Rowe for the nomination. He served in the House of Assembly for just one term before losing to Liberal opponent Bill Ramsay in the 1989 election. Mitchell was again defeated by Ramsay in the subsequent 1993 election.

Electoral history

1993 Newfoundland general election: La Poile

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

1989 Newfoundland general election: La Poile

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

1985 Newfoundland general election: La Poile

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