Sarah Stoodley

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Preceded byJohn Abbott
Succeeded byJohn Abbott
Preceded byElvis Loveless
Succeeded byLin Paddock
Sarah Stoodley
Acting Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Acting Minister of Housing
In office
March 11, 2025  May 9, 2025
Preceded byJohn Abbott
Succeeded byJohn Abbott
Minister of Government Modernization and Service Delivery, Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs
In office
May 9, 2025  October 29, 2025
Preceded byElvis Loveless
Succeeded byLin Paddock
Minister of Immigration, Population Growth, and Skills and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs
In office
July 19, 2024  May 9, 2025
Preceded byGerry Byrne
Succeeded byGerry Byrne
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Mount Scio
Assumed office
May 16, 2019
Preceded byDale Kirby
Minister of Digital Government and Service NL
In office
August 19, 2020[1]  July 19, 2024
Preceded byTom Osborne (acting)
Succeeded byElvis Loveless
Personal details
PartyLiberal
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Sarah Stoodley is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election.[2] She represents the electoral district of Mount Scio as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party.

Prior to her election to the House of Assembly, Stoodley was an elected alumni representative on the Memorial University Board of Regents and a board member of the Pippy Park Commission.[3]

Cabinet Minister

Stoodley was elected to the House of Assembly in the 2019 election and was one of only two Liberals (alongside Elvis Loveless) elected for the first time.[4]

In June 2019, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation.[5]

In March 2020, Stoodley introduced a private member's motion to the House of Assembly calling for the expansion of PIPEDA; the motion was passed.[6]

On August 19, 2020, Stoodley was appointed Minister of Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador, Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs in the Furey government.[7][8]

She was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.[9]

On July 19, 2024, she was appointed as Minister of Immigration, Population Growth, and Skills and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.[10]

On March 11, 2025 she was appointed as Acting Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Acting Minister of Housing, in addition to Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.[11]

On May 9, 2025 she was appointed Minister of Government Modernization and Service Delivery, and Minister Responsible for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, shortly after the election of new Premier John Hogan.[12]

Stoodley was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.[13]

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