[1] A member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represented the electoral district of Torngat Mountains until 2019.
He is married to Lori Dyson[4] who unsuccessfully sought the Liberal nomination for Lake Melville and currently serves on the town council of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
[5] Edmunds, who is of Inuit descent and was born in North West River, was first elected in 2011.
The district includes the Inuit self-governing territory known as Nunatsiavut, as well as the Naskapi community of Natuashish.
Edmunds was defeated in the 2019 provincial election by his cousin Progressive Conservative candidate Lela Evans.