Joseph Alan McIsaac (born 18 March 1954)[1] is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Vernon River-Stratford in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a member of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2019.
[3] He was re-elected in the 2011 election,[4] and was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Minister of Justice and Public safety and Attorney General.
[5][6] He ran for re-election in 2015 and was tied with Progressive Conservative challenger Mary Ellen McInnis, winning only after a coin toss went in his favour.
[11] He has served as chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environment, Energy and Forestry, and was a member of the Treasury Board.
He has held many leadership roles in the dairy industry at the provincial, regional, and national levels over the past 32 years, including chairing the Provincial Milk Marketing Board and as the Atlantic Canada Director on the Board of Holstein Canada.