Lin Paddock
Canadian politician
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Arlanda "Lin" Malcolm Benjamin George Paddock is a Canadian politician from the Progressive Conservative Party.[1] He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2024 Baie Verte-Green Bay provincial by-election.[2] Paddock ran for the same riding in the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election and lost to then-incumbent MHA Brian Warr of the Liberal Party.
Lin Paddock | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Jobs and Growth | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Gerry Byrne |
| Minister of Francophone Affairs | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Sarah Stoodley |
| Minister of Rural Development | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pam Parsons |
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Baie Verte-Green Bay | |
| Assumed office May 27, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Warr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 17, 1966 Roberts Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Canadian Armed Forces commander |
A native of Roberts Arm, he was previously a Canadian Armed Forces commander.[3] His parents are Samuel Lloyd Paddock and Julia Edith Paddock. He was the second youngest of 8 kids. He graduated Dorset Collegiate in 1984.[citation needed]
Paddock was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.[4]
On October 29, 2025 Paddock was appointed as Minister of Immigration, Minister of Jobs and Growth, Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Francophone affairs.[5]
Electoral record
| 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Baie Verte-Green Bay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lin Paddock | 3,643 | 74.42 | -4.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Owen Burt | 1,013 | 20.69 | +1.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Hillier | 239 | 4.88 | +3.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,895 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.09 | ||||||
| [6] | ||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, May 27, 2024 Resignation of Brian Warr | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lin Paddock | 4,271 | 79.06 | +31.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Owen Burt | 1,035 | 19.16 | -32.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Riley Harnett | 96 | 1.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,402 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 56.49 | +14.39 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,562 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +32.01 | ||||||
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Baie Verte-Green Bay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Warr | 2,158 | 52.06 | +2.34 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lin Paddock | 1,987 | 47.94 | +14.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,145 | 99.38 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.62 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,171 | 42.11 | -17.85 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,906 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.23 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved March 3, 2021. "NL Election 2021 General Election Report" (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2024. | ||||||||
