# Allen Roach

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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = Allen Roach
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1952|3|9}}
| birth_place      = [Souris, Prince Edward Island](/source/Souris%2C_Prince_Edward_Island)
| office           = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) for<br/>[Montague-Kilmuir](/source/Montague-Kilmuir)
| term_start       = October 18, 2011
| term_end         = March 26, 2019
| predecessor      = [Jim Bagnall](/source/Jim_Bagnall)
| successor        = [Cory Deagle](/source/Cory_Deagle)
| party            = [Liberal](/source/Prince_Edward_Island_Liberal_Party)
| occupation       = Retired Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (37 years) 
}}

'''Allen F. Roach''' (born 9 March 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.assembly.pe.ca/files/Historical%20MLA%20Bios/R-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=2021-04-07}}</ref> is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician, who was elected to the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) in the [2011 provincial election](/source/2011_Prince_Edward_Island_general_election).<ref>[http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Decision%20%2711/Decision%20%2711/2011-10-03/article-2765847/Allan-Campbell-loses-to-Colin-LaVie/1 "Five Tories to join 22 Liberals at legislature"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121216043120/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Decision%20'11/Decision%20'11/2011-10-03/article-2765847/Allan-Campbell-loses-to-Colin-LaVie/1 |date=2012-12-16 }}. ''[Charlottetown Guardian](/source/Charlottetown_Guardian)'', October 3, 2011.</ref> He represented the district of [Montague-Kilmuir](/source/Montague-Kilmuir) as a member of the [Prince Edward Island Liberal Party](/source/Prince_Edward_Island_Liberal_Party) until his resignation after deciding not to run in the [2019 Prince Edward Island general election](/source/2019_Prince_Edward_Island_general_election).

In October 2011, Roach was appointed to the [Executive Council of Prince Edward Island](/source/Executive_Council_of_Prince_Edward_Island) as Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/veterans-bounced-from-p-e-i-cabinet-1.1108917|title=Veterans bounced from P.E.I. cabinet|publisher=CBC News|date=October 18, 2011|accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-10-18/article-2780022/Ghiz-announces-new-cabinet%3B-Brown,-Bertram-lose-portfolios/1|title=Ghiz announces new cabinet; Brown, Bertram lose portfolios|work=The Guardian|date=October 18, 2011|accessdate=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803155331/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-10-18/article-2780022/Ghiz-announces-new-cabinet%3B-Brown,-Bertram-lose-portfolios/1|archive-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He retained the portfolio when [Wade MacLauchlan](/source/Wade_MacLauchlan) took over as premier in February 2015, but was given an additional role as Minister of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-02-23/article-4053972/Wade-MacLauchlan-sworn-in-as-premier,-reduces-cabinet/1|title=Wade MacLauchlan sworn in as premier, reduces cabinet|work=The Guardian|date=February 23, 2015|accessdate=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803160044/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-02-23/article-4053972/Wade-MacLauchlan-sworn-in-as-premier,-reduces-cabinet/1|archive-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On May 20, 2015, Roach was moved to Minister of Finance.<ref>{{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=May 20, 2015|accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pei-premier-wade-maclauchlan-names-new-lean-nine-member-cabinet/article24509864/|title=PEI Premier Wade MacLauchlan names new, lean nine-member cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=May 20, 2015|accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref> Roach resigned his cabinet position as finance minister on January 10, 2018, after announcing that he would not run in the 2019 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cabinet-shuffle-1.4480654|title=Roach, McIsaac resign from P.E.I. cabinet|publisher=CBC News|date=January 10, 2018|accessdate=2018-01-10}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.assembly.pe.ca/index.php3?number=1028672 Legislative Assembly of PEI biography]

{{MacLauchlan Ministry}}
{{Robert Ghiz Ministry}}

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Category:Living people
Category:People from Souris, Prince Edward Island
Category:Politicians from Kings County, Prince Edward Island
Category:Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Category:Ministers of finance of Prince Edward Island
Category:Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers
Category:1952 births

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