Heath MacDonald | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Birth Date: | 1966 5, df=yes |
Residence: | Cornwall, Prince Edward Island |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Malpeque |
Term Start: | September 20, 2021 |
Predecessor: | Wayne Easter |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Cornwall-Meadowbank |
Term Start2: | 4 May 2015 |
Term End2: | 18 August 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Ron MacKinley |
Successor2: | Mark McLane |
Party: | Liberal |
Heath MacDonald (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]