Gudie Hutchings

Gudrid Ida "Gudie" Hutchings (née Lundrigan; September 1, 1959) is a Canadian politician who represented Long Range Mountains in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Hutchings served as Minister of Rural Economic Development from 2021 to 2025 and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency from 2023 to 2025.

Background Hutchings was born on September 1, 1959, in Corner Brook to Arthur Lundrigan and Ida Lundrigan (née Johnson); she grew up in the Humber Valley. She attended Acadia University. She owned fly fishing lodges in Labrador, spent more than ten years on the board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Outfitters Association (rising to the position of president), and served on the inaugural national board of the Canadian Federation of Outfitting Associations. At the time of her election, Hutchings was also the chair of the Battle Harbour Historic Trust.

Political career Gerry Byrne, who held the riding of Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte for the Liberal Party since 1996, decided not to run in the 2015 federal election in June 2014; instead, he opted to run in the 2015 provincial election. Hutchings, endorsed by Byrne,

Hutchings was elected in the federal election, On November 6, 2017, Hutchings was appointed to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.

Hutchings was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, and on December 12, 2019, was appointed as the parliamentary secretary to the minister for women and gender equality and rural economic development, Maryam Monsef.

Following the 2021 federal election, Hutchings was re-elected; however, Monsef lost her seat. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assigned Hutchings the Rural Economic Development portfolio. Following a major Cabinet shuffle on July 26, 2023, Hutchings was assigned the additional portfolio of Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

On January 9, 2025, Hutchings announced that she would not be seeking re-election in the 2025 Canadian federal election.

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