Lloyd K. Parrott is a Newfoundland Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election."Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019. He represents the electoral district of Terra Nova as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party.
Background Parrott grew up in Wabush, Labrador and moved to Clarenville in 2011. Parrott is a former member of the Clarenville town council (2017-2019). He is a retired member of the military, and has served on various boards in the province, including the Hebron Project Employers Association, Construction Labour Relations Association of N.L., Alpine Development Alliance Corp. and a trustee of the Teamsters Union in N.L.
Parrott is an amputee stating to CBC News in 2023: "I lost my leg because of military injury in 2007". Parrott is the first amputee to serve in the provincial legislature.
Provincial Politics Parrott was first elected in 2019. He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.
On July 4, 2022, Parrott announced he would be a candidate in the 2023 provincial PC leadership election. Parrott formally launched his campaign on April 18, 2023 in Clarenville. Parrott lost placing a distant third on the first ballot.
Parrott was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.
Cabinet Minister The PC Party won a majority in the 2025 election. On October 29, 2025, Parrott was appointed to Minister of Energy and Mines, and Government House Leader.
On May 21, 2026, Parrott was entangled in a shouting match with Liberal MHA Elvis Loveless in the House of Assembly, with spillovers outside the House. On May 25, Speaker Paul Lane deemed both Parrott's and Loveless's behavior 'unacceptable' and both were made to withdraw from the House.
On August 20, 2026, a cabinet shuffled occurred within the Wakeham ministry. Parrott kept all his portfolios, but gained Minister of Labour, Minister of Government Services, and Minister of Red Tape Reduction.
On September 17, 2026, Parrott voted to approve the Churchill Falls Definitive Cooperation and Implementation Agreement (DCIA) in the House of Assembly along with the PC caucus.
Election results 2023 leadership election (Voting Held October 4–14, 2023) = Eliminated from next round = Winner
+ Point allocation by ballot CandidateBallot 2 NameVotesVotes Tony Wakeham 1,81645.4% 2,09152.0% Eugene Manning 1,63640.9% 1,90948.0% Lloyd Parrott 54813.7% EliminatedTotal Points 4,000.00 4,000.00
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