Heath MacDonald

Not to be confused with Heather Mac Donald.

Heath MacDonald MP (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]

Heath MacDonald MP
Member of Parliament for Malpeque
Incumbent
Assumed office September 20, 2021
Preceded by	Wayne Easter
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

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]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Malpeque
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Heath MacDonald	15,485	57.60	+15.58
	Conservative	Jamie Fox	9,846	36.63	+3.50
	Green	Anna Keenan	1,049	3.90	−10.12
	New Democratic	Cassie Mackay	371	1.38	−6.65
	People's	Hilda Baughan	132	0.49	−2.30
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,883	99.20
Total rejected ballots			216	0.80
Turnout			27,099	82.58
Eligible voters			32,815
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+6.04
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Malpeque
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Heath MacDonald	9,912	41.81	+0.43	$84,041.53
	Conservative	Jody Sanderson	7,836	33.05	+7.41	$84,415.05
	Green	Anna Keenan	3,381	14.26	−12.23	$44,768.30
	New Democratic	Michelle Neill	1,898	8.01	+1.52	$4,489.55
	People's	Christopher Landry	680	2.87	–	$1,387.95
Total valid votes/expense limit			23,707	99.27		$90,924.86
Total rejected ballots			174	0.73	−0.51
Turnout			23,881	74.61	−1.68
Eligible voters			32,009
	Liberal hold		Swing		−3.49
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2019 Prince Edward Island general election: Cornwall-Meadowbank
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heath MacDonald	1,643	47.90	+1.62
	Green	Ellen Jones	1,137	33.15	+21.07
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine Barnes	602	17.55	-16.30
	New Democratic	Craig Nash	48	1.40	-6.39
Total valid votes			3,430	99.80
Total rejected ballots			7	0.20	-0.12
Turnout			3,437	80.28	-1.25
Eligible voters			4,281
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.72
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2015 Prince Edward Island general election: Cornwall-Meadowbank
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heath MacDonald	1,444	46.28	-17.17
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Drake	1,056	33.85	+5.39
	Green	Rosalyn Abbott	377	12.08	+5.61
	New Democratic	Jennifer Coughlin	243	7.79
Total valid votes			3,120	99.68
Total rejected ballots			10	0.32	-0.46
Turnout			3,130	81.53	+10.50
Eligible voters			3,839
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.28
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