Department of Jobs and Growth

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Department of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development
Agency overview
FormedOctober 28, 2011 (2011-10-28)
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Advanced Education, Skills, and Labour
  • Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills
  • Department of Jobs, Immigration and Growth
Jurisdiction Newfoundland and Labrador
Headquarters St. John's
Employees600
Minister responsible
Website www.gov.nl.ca/ipgs/

The Department of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development is a provincial government department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The department is headed by a member of the provincial cabinet, typically a Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the premier and formally appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The current Minister of Jobs, Immigration and Growth is Lin Paddock. [1] After the 2025 election the department was split into two different ministries, those being, the Department of Immigration and the Department of Jobs and Growth. MHA Lin Paddock heads both. [2]

Contents

The department was created in October 2011 as the Department of Advanced Education, Skills, and Labour, by the government of Kathy Dunderdale, and incorporates most of the former Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment as well as the advanced studies component of the Department of Education. [3] [4] In 2020, the department was reconfigured as Immigration, Skills and Labour. [5] In 2025, the department was renamed the Department of Jobs, Immigration and Growth. [6]

Ministers

Key:

   Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
   Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
No.PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPremier
1 Gerry Byrne June 2018 cropped.jpg Gerry Byrne December 14, 2015July 31, 2017 Liberal Dwight Ball
2 No image.svg Al Hawkins July 31, 2017November 8, 2018 Liberal Dwight Ball
3 The Hon. Bernard Davis.jpg Bernard Davis November 8, 2018September 6, 2019 Liberal Dwight Ball
4 Christopher Mitchelmore Near His Home in Green Island Cove - July 2018.jpg Christopher Mitchelmore September 6, 2019August 19, 2020 Liberal Dwight Ball
5 Gerry Byrne June 2018 cropped.jpg Gerry Byrne August 19, 2020July 19, 2024 Liberal Andrew Furey
6 Sarah Stoodley at CUTC 2019 - Sept 14 2019.jpg Sarah Stoodley July 19, 2024May 9, 2025 Liberal Andrew Furey
7 Gerry Byrne June 2018 cropped.jpg Gerry Byrne May 9, 2025October 14, 2025 Liberal John Hogan
8 Lin Paddock October 29, 2025 Progressive Conservative Tony Wakeham

See also

References

  1. ↑ Telegram Team. "Premier John Hogan and new cabinet sworn in at Government House". SaltWire . Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  2. ↑ "Premier Wakeham Announces New Cabinet". gov.nl.ca . Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Premier Dunderdale Appoints New Cabinet, Announces Departmental Restructuring". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "On Point: Burke on new department". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 29 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier doesn't clear the deck, but he certainly shuffled it | SaltWire".
  6. ↑ Whitten, Elizabeth (May 9, 2025). "John Hogan sworn in as N.L.'s 15th premier". CBC News. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
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