The MHA for Torngat Mountains has stepped down from the PC Party of Newfoundland and Labrador to sit as an Independent.
Lela Evans, who is from Makkovik, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the 2019 general election defeating incumbent Liberal Randy Edmunds.
She held on to the seat for the PCs earlier this year, receiving nearly 89 per cent of the vote.
In a letter sent to the party this morning, she offered her thanks for the support shown to her over the last two years, but says she’s come to believe that the PC Party is not the right party for her, or her district.
She says she will continue to fight to “expose the long history of provincial government neglect that has resulted in the large gaps in services and infrastructure” in her district.
Story courtesy of VOCM.