On May 9, 2014, Jerome Ward, a long-time Liberal and Special Assistant to Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte Liberal MP Gerry Byrne, announced that he would be seeking the nomination for The Straits-White Bay North. Mitchelmore won the nomination with 73 percent of the popular vote taking 1,127 votes and Ward receiving 423. Mitchelmore was re-elected in the 2015 provincial election in the redistributed district of St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows as a Liberal candidate and was subsequently appointed to cabinet. He served as Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation from 2015 to 2019. Mitchelmore was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election defeating PC candidate and Roddickton-Bide Arm mayor Sheila Fitzgerald. On September 6, 2019, he was appointed Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour following a cabinet shuffle. On December 5, 2019 the House of Assembly voted to reprimand Mitchelmore for his hiring of Carla Foote, daughter of Judy Foote, at The Rooms despite her lack of qualifications and her political connections to the Liberals. The House of Assembly ordered that Mitchelmore apologize to the Board of Directors of The Rooms, to the House of Assembly, and also be suspended two-week without pay. On August 19, 2020 Mitchelmore announced that he is not seeking re-election and was concurrently dropped from cabinet. Electoral history |- |Liberal |Christopher Mitchelmore |align="right"|3,474 |align="right"|60.80 |align="right"| |- |Progressive Conservative |Sheila Fitzgerald |align="right"|2036 |align="right"|36.20 |align="right"| |- |} |- |Liberal |Christopher Mitchelmore |align="right"|4,359 |align="right"|89.32 |align="right"|+53.1 |- |NDP |Genevieve Brouillette |align="right"|117 |align="right"|2.40 |align="right"|-25.5 |- |} |- |NDP |Christopher Mitchelmore |align="right"|1,537 |align="right"|36.74 |align="right"|+28.81 |- |Liberal |Marshall Dean |align="right"|1,327 |align="right"|31.71 |align="right"|-15.87 |- |} References External links Christopher Mitchelmore's blog Living people Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party MHAs People from St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador 1985 births Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Independent MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador 21st-century Canadian politicians