Perry Trimper
Perry Trimper is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Lake Melville as a member of the Liberal Party. Following the election, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador as Minister of Environment and Conservation. He was dropped from cabinet on July 31, 2017, but was subsequently proposed by Dwight Ball as a candidate for Speaker of the House of Assembly replacing Tom Osborne. Trimper was elected speaker in a special August sitting of the House defeating fellow Liberal Pam Parsons. He was the province's first Speaker from a Labrador district.
He was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election. Trimper re-entered cabinet on September 6, 2019 as Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Environment. Trimper resigned from cabinet on September 13, 2019 after comments critical of the Innu Nation were left on the voicemail of an Innu Nation staffer and publicly revealed. He attempted to regain his position of Speaker of the Assembly following the convening of the fall 2019 session but was defeated by fellow Liberal MHA Scott Reid.
