Lin Paddock

The Honourable
Lin Paddock
The Honourable Lin Paddock
Minister of Jobs and Growth
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Gerry Byrne
Minister of Francophone Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Sarah Stoodley
Minister of Rural Development
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 29, 2025
Preceded by	Pam Parsons
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly; for Baie Verte-Green Bay
	Incumbent
	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

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Arlanda "Lin" Malcolm Benjamin George Paddock is a Canadian politician from the 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.