Lin Paddock

Arlanda "Lin" Malcolm Benjamin George Paddock is a Canadian politician from the Progressive [Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative Party]. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador [House of Assembly] in the 2024 [Baie Verte-Green Bay provincial by-election]. 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.
A native of Roberts Arm, he was previously a Canadian [Armed Forces] commander. His parents are Samuel Lloyd Paddock and Julia Edith Paddock. He was the second youngest of 8 kids. He graduated Dorset Collegiate in 1984.
Paddock was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.
On October 29, 2025 Paddock was appointed as Minister of Immigration, Minister of Jobs and Growth, Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Francophone affairs.