biology

Perry Trimper

Perry Trimper is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Perry Trimper rather than just read about it. In short: Perry Trimper is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election, 2019 and 2021 provincial elections. He represented the electoral district of Lake Melville as a Liberal until 2025.

Key takeaways

Perry Trimper belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Perry Trimper to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Perry Trimper from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Perry Trimper is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election, 2019 and 2021 provincial elections. He represented the electoral district of Lake Melville as a Liberal until 2025. Trimper worked for 30 years in northern resource development and wildlife ecology in Canada and Russia. As a principal scientist with Jacques Whitford and later Stantec, he was involved with numerous environmental research and assessment projects in Labrador.

Politics

Government caucus (2015–2020) Following the 2015 provincial election, Trimper was appointed to the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador as minister of environment and conservation. As part of a government structure change in February 2017, Trimper was appointed minister for Service NL while retaining responsibility for Francophone Affairs and Climate Change. Notable legislation enacted during his time as minister included the first provincial bill dealing with climate change (Bill 34) and tougher penalties related to impaired driving (Bill 68). He was dropped from cabinet on July 31, 2017 and proposed by Premier Dwight Ball as a candidate for Speaker of the House of Assembly to replace Tom Osborne. Trimper was elected as the 44th Speaker in a special August 2017 sitting of the Assembly defeating fellow Liberal Pam Parsons. He was the province's first Speaker from a Labrador district. As an emissary of the House of Assembly, Speaker Trimper travelled with a senior official, Larry Weatherbie, to Turkey in early 2018. Working through diplomatic channels, the delegation was able to secure permission to finally establish a monument to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at the First World War Battlefield in Gallipoli. Closer to home, Trimper initiated bilateral relations with the Assemblée nationale du Québec. He oversaw the legislature during a harassment scandal between MHAs that led to a new workplace policy and legislative changes. He was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election whereupon he continued uncontested as the Speaker. 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. On August 21, 2020, Trimper was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the minister of education and the minister of finance as well as special advisor to the premier on climate change. While serving as a back-bencher he led Private Member Resolutions on establishing a network of electric vehicle charge stations, achieving net zero emissions by 2050, increasing food self-sufficiency and reducing the prevalence of vaping in youth.

Independent (2020–2022) On October 20, 2020, Trimper said transient people in Happy Valley-Goose Bay were "choosing" a risky lifestyle, in the wake of a video that showed an Inuk man being thrown to the ground during an arrest in the town by a municipal enforcement officer. On October 26, 2020, Trimper announced his resignation as parliamentary secretary and informed he would withdraw his nomination as a Liberal candidate. On November 10, 2020, Trimper announced that he had resigned from the Liberal Party and would seek re-election as an Independent. In the 2021 provincial election, Trimper was re-elected as an Independent. In 2022, Trimper was one of the few MHAs to publicly oppose the Bay du Nord offshore oil project and released a video detailing the environmental impacts.

Government caucus (2022–2025) On September 12, 2022, Premier Furey announced that Trimper would be rejoining the Liberal caucus. In the 2025 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election Trimper supported John Abbott. On May 20, 2025, Trimper made his final speech to the House of Assembly as he did not seek re-election in the 2025 election.

Electoral history

References

External links Media related to Perry Trimper at Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Perry Trimper

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Perry Trimper claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Perry Trimper before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Perry Trimper ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Perry Trimper

In research: Perry Trimper appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Perry Trimper in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Perry Trimper is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Conservation biologists, Independent MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Perry Trimper outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Perry Trimper in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Perry Trimper matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Perry Trimper?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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