Loyola O'Driscoll | |
|---|---|
 Loyola O'Driscoll in 2020 | |
| Member of theNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly forFerryland | |
| Assumed office May 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Hutchings |
| Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Lisa Dempster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Bay Bulls, NL |
Loyola O'Driscoll is a Canadian politician, who was elected to theNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the2019 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district ofFerryland as a member of theNewfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.[2] O'Driscoll supported Tony Wakeham in the2023 provincial PC party leadership race.
Prior to politics, O'Driscoll worked for Hickman Motors.
O'Driscoll was re-elected in the2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.[3]
On October 29, 2025, O'Driscoll was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.[4]
| 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election:Ferryland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Loyola O'Driscoll | 3,507 | 52.7% | |||||
| Liberal | Cheryl O'Brien | 2,904 | 43.6% | |||||
| New Democratic | Josh Meadus | 243 | 3.7% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +0.5% | ||||||
| [5] | ||||||||
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election:Ferryland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Loyola O'Driscoll | 3,197 | 52.33 | -8.26 | ||||
| Liberal | Cheryl O'Brien | 2,696 | 44.13 | +9.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Murphy | 216 | 3.54 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,109 | 99.45 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,143 | 58.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,467 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | -8.72 | ||||||
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021"(PDF).Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 Report"(PDF). Retrieved5 October 2025. | ||||||||
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Loyola O'Driscoll | 4,074 | 60.6 | +10.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Janice Ryan | 2,350 | 34.9 | -6.2 | ||||
| Independent | Chris Molloy | 300 | 4.5 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,724 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,776 | 69.3 | +7.0 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,782 | |||||||
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