Heath MacDonald (born 9 May 1966) is a

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politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the

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in the 2015 provincial election, representing the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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until he resigned on 18 August 2021 in order to run in the

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. On 20 May 2015, MacDonald was appointed to the

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as Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. On 10 January 2018, MacDonald was named Minister of Finance in a cabinet shuffle. A resident of

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, MacDonald has worked as a tourism operator and as executive director of Quality Tourism Services. On 21 June 2021, MacDonald announced he would seek the nomination to run for the federal Liberal party in Malpeque. He won the nomination later that summer and was elected in the 2021 federal election.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, Heath Living people Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs 21st-century Canadian politicians Finance ministers of Prince Edward Island 1966 births Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Liberal Party of Canada MPs