Lin Paddock (Arlanda Malcolm Benjamin George Paddock) is a Canadian politician from the Progressive Conservative Party.^[1] He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2024 Baie Verte-Green Bay provincial by-election.^[2] 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.^[3] 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]}