Lin Paddock

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Lin Paddock

| honorific-suffix = MHA

| image = Canadian politician Lin Paddock.png

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|17}}

| birth_place = Roberts Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

| residence =

| assembly3 = Newfoundland and Labrador House of

| constituency_AM3 = Baie Verte-Green Bay

| term_start3 = May 27, 2024

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| predecessor3 = Brian Warr

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| party = Progressive Conservative

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| religion =

| occupation = Canadian Armed Forces commander

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Arlanda "Lin" Malcolm Benjamin George Paddock is a Canadian politician from the Progressive Conservative Party.{{Cite web |date=28 May 2024 |title=Baie Verte-Green Bay goes from red, to blue. Meet newly-elected PC MHA Lin Paddock |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.4236872 |website=CBC News}} He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2024 Baie Verte-Green Bay provincial by-election.{{Cite web |title=Tory candidate Lin Paddock wins Baie Verte-Green Bay byelection |url=https://ntv.ca/results-coming-in-for-baie-verte-green-bay-byelection/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=NTV |language=en-US}} 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. As of September 29, 2024, Paddock serves as the Official Opposition critic for Finance, Treasury Board, and the Public Service Commission.

A native of Roberts Arm, he was previously a Canadian Armed Forces commander.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/baie-verte-green-bay-byelection-1.7187763 His parents are Samuel Lloyd Paddock and Julia Edith Paddock. He was the second youngest of 8 kids. He graduated Dorset Collegiate in 1984.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}