Pleaman Forsey

Pleaman Forsey
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Exploits
Assumed office
May 16, 2019
Preceded byJerry Dean
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative

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.

As of September 22, 2024, Forsey chairs the Public Accounts committee of the House of Assembly and serves as the Official Opposition critic for Forestry and Agriculture, Workplace NL, and Environment and Climate Change.

He is the brother of Clayton Forsey, who represented the same district in the legislature from 2005 to 2015.[3]

Election results

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
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
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 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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

References