Jamie Fox (Canadian politician)

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Jamie D. Fox
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Borden-Kinkora
In office
May 4, 2015 – November 11, 2023
Preceded byGeorge Webster
Succeeded byMatt MacFarlane
Interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
In office
October 15, 2015 – October 20, 2017
Preceded byRob Lantz
Succeeded byJames Aylward
Minister of Fisheries & Communities, Province of Prince Edward Island
In office
May 9, 2019 – 2023
Preceded byPortfolio Established
Succeeded byCory Deagle
Personal details
Born (1964-06-11) June 11, 1964 (age 60)
Woodstock, New Brunswick
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island

Jamie D. Fox (born 11 June 1964 in Woodstock, New Brunswick)[1] is a Canadian politician, who served as interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island and Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly from October 15, 2015 to October 20, 2017.[2] Fox was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election.[3] He represents the electoral district of Borden-Kinkora.[3] In October 2017, James Alyward was elected as the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of PEI after Fox serving for two years as the Interim Leader.

Fox was the Opposition Critic for the Departments of Transportation, Infrastructure & Energy and Justice & Public Safety from 2015 to 2019.

He has also served on the Infrastructure & Energy Standing Committee, the Agricultural & Fisheries Standing Committee, Public Account's Committee's and currently sits on the Policy &Priorities Committee of Executive Council as the chairman.

He was previously the party's candidate in the same district for the 2011 provincial election, and was an unsuccessful candidate in the party's 2010 leadership election.[3]

Fox has been successful in having three Private Members Bills passed in the Legislature, 2016 Highway Traffic Act Bill improving officer safety, 2017 Workers Compensation Act recognizing PTSD coverage for all workers and 2018 Mandatory Sexual Assault Law Training Act requiring Judges to have sexual assault law education.

In April 2019, Fox was re-elected in the Provincial General election and was appointed the Minister of Fisheries & Communities (2019-2023) for the Province of Prince Edward Island.[4]

Fox chaired the Atlantic Fisheries Ministers which included the Provinces of Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec from 2019 to 2023.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Fox was a Chief of Police and a businessman in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.[5]

On behalf of the Government of Prince Edward Island, Fox has held trade talks with Ambassadors from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Israel, France, Taiwan, Turkey, Viet Nam. Japan, Iceland, Norway and Turks Caicos Islands.

Fox also became involved with Imperial Oil and designed, constructed and operated Esso retail and commercial sites in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick from 1998 to 2012 and provided consulting in fuel pricing and regulatory management.

He was re-elected in the 2023 general election.[6]

On 10 November 2023, Fox announced his resignation (effective 11 November 2023) as an MLA and that he would be running as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Malpeque riding, for the next federal election.[7][8] The provincial by-election to replace him was held on February 7, 2024.[9] It was won by Green candidate Matt MacFarlane.[10]

  1. ^ "Minding the House: a biorgraphical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  2. ^ "P.E.I. Progressive Conservatives select Jamie Fox as interim leader". CBC News. 2015-10-15. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Tories take two seats in East Prince". Journal-Pioneer. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Yarr, Kevin (May 9, 2019). "'Be bold, be courageous' new P.E.I. premier tells his cabinet". CBC News. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Borden-Kinkora candidates see opportunity to help area rebound". CBC News, May 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Ross, Shane (April 4, 2023). "Who's in, who's out: Meet the new Legislative Assembly of P.E.I." CBC News.
  7. ^ CBC
  8. ^ CBC news
  9. ^ "P.E.I. by-election could cause first-ever tie for official opposition status". Atlantic. 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  10. ^ "P.E.I. Green Party candidate unofficially wins Borden-Kinkora by-election". Atlantic. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.