Gerry Byrne (politician)

Gerry Byrne
Gerry Byrne in 2018
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture
Minister Responsible for the Public Procurement Agency
In office
July 19, 2024  May 9, 2025
PremierAndrew Furey
Preceded byElvis Loveless
Succeeded byLisa Dempster
Minister of Jobs, Immigration and Growth
In office
August 19, 2020  July 19, 2024
PremierAndrew Furey
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded bySarah Stoodley
Assumed office
May 9, 2025
Preceded bySarah Stoodley
Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources
In office
July 31, 2017  August 19, 2020
PremierDwight Ball
Preceded bySteve Crocker
Succeeded byElvis Loveless
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 byRiding Dissolved
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
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
July 20, 2004  November 29, 2005
MinisterLucienne Robillard
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the King's Privy Council for Canada
In office
July 20, 2004  November 29, 2005
MinisterLucienne Robillard
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
In office
December 12, 2003  June 27, 2004
MinisterPierre Pettigrew
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources
In office
July 10, 1997  August 31, 1999
MinisterRalph Goodale
Personal details
Born (1966-09-27) September 27, 1966
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, PC (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 and Furey governments and is currently Minister of Jobs, Immigration and Growth in the Hogan government.