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. 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.
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. In 2020, the department was reconfigured as Immigration, Skills and Labour. In 2025, the department was renamed the Department of Jobs, Immigration and Growth.
Ministers Key:
No.PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPremier1Gerry ByrneDecember 14, 2015 July 31, 2017LiberalDwight Ball2Al HawkinsJuly 31, 2017 November 8, 2018LiberalDwight Ball3Bernard DavisNovember 8, 2018 September 6, 2019 LiberalDwight Ball4Christopher MitchelmoreSeptember 6, 2019 August 19, 2020LiberalDwight Ball5Gerry ByrneAugust 19, 2020 July 19, 2024LiberalAndrew Furey6Sarah StoodleyJuly 19, 2024May 9, 2025 LiberalAndrew Furey7 Gerry ByrneMay 9, 2025October 14, 2025 Liberal John Hogan8 Lin PaddockOctober 29, 2025Progressive ConservativeTony Wakeham
See also Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
References
External links Department of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development