Heath MacDonald

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Distinguish|Heather Mac Donald}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Heath MacDonald

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP|size=100%}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|5|9}}

| birth_place = Prince Edward Island, Canada

| office = Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

| term_start = May 13, 2025

| term_end =

| primeminister = Mark Carney

| predecessor = Kody Blois

| successor =

| office1 = Member of Parliament for Malpeque

| term_start1 = September 20, 2021

| predecessor1 = Wayne Easter

| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Cornwall-Meadowbank

| term_start2 = May 4, 2015

| term_end2 = August 18, 2021

| predecessor2 = Ron MacKinley

| successor2 = Mark McLane

| party = Liberal

| residence = Cornwall, Prince Edward Island

| religion =

| occupation =

}}

Heath MacDonald {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born May 9, 1966){{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.assembly.pe.ca/files/Historical%20MLA%20Bios/M-2.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |title=Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) |accessdate=2021-04-05}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/2015/makedistrict.php?district=16|title=District #16 Cornwall - Meadowbank|publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island|date=4 May 2015|accessdate=2016-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121044514/http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/2015/makedistrict.php?district=16|archive-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead}} representing the electoral district of Cornwall-Meadowbank as a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned on August 18, 2021 in order to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election.{{cite news|first=Arturo|last=Chang|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mla-heath-macdonald-resigns-seat-1.6145166|title=Heath MacDonald officially resigns as MLA to run in federal election|work=CBC News|date=18 August 2021|accessdate=5 September 2021}}

On May 20, 2015, MacDonald was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Economic Development and Tourism.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-cabinet-restructured-under-maclauchlan-1.3080228|title=P.E.I. cabinet restructured under MacLauchlan|publisher=CBC News|date=20 May 2015|accessdate=2016-06-02}} On January 10, 2018, MacDonald was named Minister of Finance in a cabinet shuffle.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cabinet-shuffle-1.4480654|title=Roach, McIsaac out in P.E.I. cabinet shuffle|publisher=CBC News|date=10 January 2018|accessdate=2018-01-10}}

A resident of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island,{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-02-13/article-4042200/Heath-MacDonald-seeks-Liberal-nomination-in-District-16/1|title=Heath MacDonald seeks Liberal nomination in District 16|work=The Guardian|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=2016-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803154838/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-02-13/article-4042200/Heath-MacDonald-seeks-Liberal-nomination-in-District-16/1|archive-date=3 August 2016|url-status=dead}} MacDonald has worked as a tourism operator and as executive director of Quality Tourism Services.

On June 21, 2021, MacDonald announced he would seek the nomination to run for the federal Liberal party in Malpeque.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/heath-macdonald-pei-malpeque-nomination-1.6073452|title=Liberal MLA announces intention to run in federal riding of Malpeque|website=CBC News|last=Campbell|first=Kerry|date=21 June 2021|access-date=21 June 2021}} He won the nomination later that summer and was elected in the 2021 federal election.{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-heath-macdonald-malpeque-1.6128976 | title=Heath MacDonald to represent Liberals in Malpeque | first=Kevin | last=Yarr | publisher=CBC News | date=4 August 2021 | accessdate=24 February 2022 }}

On May 13, 2025, MacDonald was put into cabinet by Prime Minister Mark Carney, as part of the 30th Canadian Ministry. He was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. MacDonald had previously served on the houses agriculture committee, finance committee, and chair of the public safety and national security committee prior to entering cabinet.