Robert Vessey (born 27 November 1961) is a

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politician. He was elected to the

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in the 2007 provincial election and represented the electoral district of York-Oyster Bed as a member of the

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until 2015. Vessey was previously the Liberal candidate in

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in the 2003 election. In June 2007, Vessey was named Government House Leader. In January 2010, Vessey was appointed to the

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as Minister of Tourism. Following his re-election in the 2011 election, Vessey was moved to Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. On February 20, 2015, Vessey announced that he would resign his seat in the legislature to take a position as

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Wade MacLauchlan H. Wade MacLauchlan (born 10 December 1954), is a Canadian legal academic, university administrator, politician and community leader. He served as the fifth president of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1999 to 2011, becoming preside ...

upon MacLauchlan's appointment and swearing-in as

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on February 23. His resignation opened a seat for MacLauchlan, who was not a sitting member of the legislature at that time, to run for the seat in the election in May 2015. MacLauchlan won the seat in the 2015 general election on May 4.

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Robert Vessey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vessey, Robert Living people Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island Politicians from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1961 births