Orders in Council Database

The Honourable Joan Marie Aylward, Chancellor of the Order of Newfoundland and

Labrador, Lieutenant-Governor in and for Our Province of Newfoundland and

Labrador, is pleased to administer the Oath of Office to the following Parliamentary

Assistant to the Premier and Parliamentary Secretaries, effective December 10, 2025:

Riley Balsom Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier

Jeff Dwyer Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Mines

Keith Russell Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Relations

and Reconciliation

Jim McKenna Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and

Aquaculture

Mark Butt Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Jobs and Growth and

the Minister of Rural Development

Hal Cormier Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Forestry, Agriculture

and Lands

Joseph Power Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labrador Affairs