Gerry Byrne (politician)

Gerry Byrne
Gerry Byrne in 2018
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture
Minister Responsible for the Public Procurement Agency
Assumed office
July 19, 2024
PremierAndrew Furey
Preceded byElvis Loveless
Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills
In office
August 19, 2020 – July 19, 2024
PremierAndrew Furey
Preceded byposition established[1]
Succeeded bySarah Stoodley
Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources
In office
July 31, 2017 – August 19, 2020
PremierDwight Ball
Preceded bySteve Crocker
Succeeded byElvis Loveless[1]
Minister of Advanced Education and Skills
In office
December 14, 2015 – July 31, 2017
PremierDwight Ball
Preceded byClyde Jackman
Succeeded bySteve Crocker
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Corner Brook
Assumed office
November 30, 2015
Preceded byRiding Established
Member of Parliament
for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
In office
January 25, 1996 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byBrian Tobin
Succeeded byGudie Hutchings
(Long Range Mountains)
Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
In office
January 15, 2002 – December 11, 2003
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byRobert Thibault
Succeeded byJoe McGuire
Personal details
Born (1966-09-27) September 27, 1966 (age 58)
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada
SpouseDenise Gibbons
Children1 (Gerry Jr.)
ResidenceCorner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador
Alma materDalhousie University
ProfessionPolitical assistant

Gerry Byrne, MHA (born September 27, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2015 representing Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador, and a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien. Since the 2015 provincial election, he has served as MHA for Corner Brook. Byrne served in provincial cabinet during the Ball government and is currently Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture in the Furey government.

  1. ^ a b Bird, Lindsay (Aug 19, 2020). "New N.L. premier, new finance minister: Andrew Furey takes office and shuffles cabinet". CBC News. Retrieved Mar 7, 2021.