Lela Evans

Lela Evans
Evans in 2023
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Torngat Mountains
Assumed office
May 16, 2019
Preceded byRandy Edmunds
Minister of Health and community services
Assumed office
October 29, 2025
Preceded byKrista Lynn Howell
Minister of Labrador Affairs
Assumed office
October 29, 2025
Preceded byLisa Dempster
Minister of Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation
Assumed office
October 29, 2025
Preceded byScott Reid
Minister of Women and Gender Equality
Assumed office
February 24, 2026
Preceded byHelen Conway-Ottenheimer
Personal details
Born
PartyProgressive Conservative (2019–2021, 2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2021–2022)
New Democratic (2022–2024)
RelationsAnthony Andersen (uncle)
Wally Andersen (uncle)
Randy Edmunds (cousin)
Alma materMemorial University of Newfoundland
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Lela Margaret Ann Evans is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Torngat Mountains as a Progressive Conservative. Having been elected as a PC MHA, she left the party in 2021 and joined the New Democratic Party in 2022. She returned to the PCs in 2024. She was first elected in the 2019 provincial election and was re-elected in 2021.

Evans has over 20 years experience in the environmental field, including environmental assessments, mining and construction.