Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Cornwall-Meadowbank
In office 4 May 2015 – 18 August 2021
Preceded by
Ron MacKinley
Succeeded by
Mark McLane
Personal details
Born
(1966-05-09) 9 May 1966 (age 58)
Political party
Liberal
Residence(s)
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Heath MacDonaldMP (born 9 May 1966)[1] is a Canadian politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election,[2] representing the electoral district of Cornwall-Meadowbank as a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned on 18 August 2021 in order to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[2][3]
On 20 May 2015, MacDonald was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Economic Development and Tourism.[4] On 10 January 2018, MacDonald was named Minister of Finance in a cabinet shuffle.[5]
A resident of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island,[6] MacDonald has worked as a tourism operator and as executive director of Quality Tourism Services.[6]
On 21 June 2021, MacDonald announced he would seek the nomination to run for the federal Liberal party in Malpeque.[7] He won the nomination later that summer and was elected in the 2021 federal election.[8]
^"Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ ab"District #16 Cornwall - Meadowbank". Elections Prince Edward Island. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^Chang, Arturo (18 August 2021). "Heath MacDonald officially resigns as MLA to run in federal election". CBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^"P.E.I. cabinet restructured under MacLauchlan". CBC News. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^"Roach, McIsaac out in P.E.I. cabinet shuffle". CBC News. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ ab"Heath MacDonald seeks Liberal nomination in District 16". The Guardian. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^Campbell, Kerry (21 June 2021). "Liberal MLA announces intention to run in federal riding of Malpeque". CBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^Yarr, Kevin (4 August 2021). "Heath MacDonald to represent Liberals in Malpeque". CBC News. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
HeathMacDonald MP (born 9 May 1966) is a Canadian politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative...
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originally designed in 1939, by a prominent local architect George HeathMacDonald, but its construction was delayed until long after World War II.: 81 ...
North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, the son of A. Leith Easter and Hope MacLeod, he was educated at the Charlottetown Rural High School and the Nova...
husband, Peter MacDonald, in 1965, and they ran a Blantyre pub, the Barnhill Tavern (known locally as The Hoolet's Nest), together. The MacDonalds had two daughters...
2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021. Chang, Arturo (18 August 2021). "HeathMacDonald officially resigns as MLA to run in federal election". CBC News. Archived...
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representative on University Senate. Upon graduating in 1976, MacLauchlan was awarded the Owen MacDonald Memorial Award, presented to a graduate by the senior...
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historical connection. The Clan Donald group (clans Macdonald, Macdonald of Clanranald, Macdonell of Glengarry, MacDonald of Keppoch) and clans/septs which...
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Official Opposition. The Liberals under Premier Wade MacLauchlan were reduced to six seats and MacLauchlan lost in his own district. The Progressive Conservatives'...