Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills
Agency overview
Formed	October 28, 2011 (2011-10-28)
Preceding agencies	Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment Department of Education Department of Advanced Education, Skills, and Labour
Jurisdiction	Newfoundland and Labrador
Headquarters	St. John's
Employees	600
Minister responsible	Sarah Stoodley
Deputy Minister responsible	Karen Stone
Website	www.gov.nl.ca/ipgs/

The Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills 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 Immigration, Population Growth and Skills is Sarah Stoodley.

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.

Ministers

Key:

Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

No.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Premier
1	Gerry Byrne	December 14, 2015	July 31, 2017	Liberal	Dwight Ball
2	Al Hawkins	July 31, 2017	November 8, 2018	Liberal	Dwight Ball
3	Bernard Davis	November 8, 2018	September 6, 2019	Liberal	Dwight Ball
4	Christopher Mitchelmore	September 6, 2019	August 19, 2020	Liberal	Dwight Ball
5	Gerry Byrne	August 19, 2020	July 19, 2024	Liberal	Andrew Furey
6	Sarah Stoodley	July 19, 2024	present	Liberal	Andrew Furey