Robert Mitchell | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1963 |
Birth Place: | Sherwood, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
Office: | Interim Leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party |
Term Start: | May 8, 2019 |
Term End: | September 9, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Wade MacLauchlan |
Successor: | Sonny Gallant (interim) |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Charlottetown-Sherwood |
Term Start1: | June 12, 2007 |
Term End1: | March 26, 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Chester Gillan |
Successor1: | Riding dissolved |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Charlottetown-Winsloe |
Term Start2: | April 23, 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Riding established |
Term End2: | September 3, 2020 |
Successor2: | Zack Bell |
Occupation: | real estate agent |
Robert Mitchell (born 13 May 1963)[1] is a Canadian politician.Mitchell was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election.[2] He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Winsloe as a member of the Liberal Party until 2020.
On May 20, 2015, Mitchell was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Communities, Land and Environment.[3] [4] On January 10, 2018, Mitchell was moved to Minister of Health and Wellness in a cabinet shuffle.[5]
From May 8 to September 9, 2019, he served as interim leader of the Liberal Party on Prince Edward Island.
On September 3, 2020, he stepped down from his political position as MLA for Charlottetown-Winsloe, after thirteen years in political service for both provincial districts.[6]