Almighty God, we pray for the Honourable Heath MacDonald and commit him into Your mighty hand today and in the days ahead as he serves the people of Malpeque, PEI, and our nation. Father, in his role as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, endow him with divine wisdom and understanding to carry out his duties well on behalf of his constituents and all Canadians. Holy Spirit, minister to him and help him uphold justice, truth, and righteousness in all that he does. We pray Your protection over him as he travels to and from our nation’s capital. Replenish his strength, grant him Your peace and joy, and bless him with a sound mind. We also pray Your blessings over every member of his family. May they each have a personal encounter with You. Guide their paths and do for them what only You can do. We pray all these things in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Heath MacDonald is a Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election, 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. On 20 May 2015, MacDonald was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. On 10 January 2018, MacDonald was named Minister of Finance in a cabinet shuffle. A resident of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, 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.