Loyola O'Driscoll

Loyola O'Driscoll
The Honorable
Loyola O'Driscoll The Honorable
	Loyola O'Driscoll in 2020
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly; for Ferryland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 16, 2019
Preceded by	Keith Hutchings
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Lisa Dempster
Personal details
Born	Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador
Party	Progressive Conservative

Born

Loyola O'Driscoll 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 Ferryland as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.^[2] O'Driscoll supported Tony Wakeham in the 2023 provincial PC party leadership race.

Prior to politics, O'Driscoll worked for Hickman Motors.

On October 29, 2025, O'Driscoll was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.^[4]

v t e 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Ferryland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola O'Driscoll	3,507	52.7%
	Liberal	Cheryl O'Brien	2,904	43.6%
	New Democratic	Josh Meadus	243	3.7%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.5%
^[5]

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Ferryland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola O'Driscoll	3,197	52.33	-8.26
	Liberal	Cheryl O'Brien	2,696	44.13	+9.18
	New Democratic	Paul Murphy	216	3.54
Total valid votes			6,109	99.45
Total rejected ballots			34	0.55
Turnout			6,143	58.69
Eligible voters			10,467
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.72
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 Report" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2025.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola O'Driscoll	4,074	60.6	+10.8
	Liberal	Janice Ryan	2,350	34.9	-6.2
	Independent	Chris Molloy	300	4.5	–
Total valid votes			6,724	100
Total rejected ballots			52
Turnout			6,776	69.3	+7.0
Eligible voters			9,782

v t e Current members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Progressive Conservative	Wakeham Balsom Barbour Butt Conway-Ottenheimer Cormier P. Dinn Dwyer Evans Forsey Goosney McKenna O'Driscoll Paddock Pardy Parrott Petten Power Russell Tibbs Wall
Liberal	Hogan Davis Dempster Ford Gambin-Walsh Hutton King Korab Loveless J. Parsons P. Parsons Pike Stoodley Stoyles White
New Democratic	J. Dinn O'Leary
Independents	Joyce Lane

References

Loyola O'Driscoll The Honorable
Loyola O'Driscoll in 2020

Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Ferryland
Incumbent
Assumed office May 16, 2019
Preceded by	Keith Hutchings
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Incumbent
Assumed office October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Lisa Dempster

Personal details
Born	Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador
Party	Progressive Conservative