Jamie Ballem

{{short description|Canadian farmer and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Jamie Ballem | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|31}} | birth_place = Marshfield, Prince Edward Island | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for<br/>Stanhope-East Royalty | term_start = November 18, 1996 | term_end = June 12, 2007 | predecessor = ''Riding Established'' | successor = Robert Vessey | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = }}

'''Jamie Ballem''' (born October 31, 1954<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.assembly.pe.ca/files/Historical%20MLA%20Bios/B-2.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |title=Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume II), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) |accessdate=2021-04-04}}</ref>) is a Canadian farmer and politician, who served as a cabinet minister, notably as Minister of the Environment and Minister of Health. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007. He represented the electoral district of Stanhope-East Royalty and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

On August 4, 2010, Ballem announced his candidacy for the Leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of PEI but came in second to Olive Crane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/ballem-joins-p-e-i-tory-leadership-race-1.942909|title=Ballem joins P.E.I. Tory leadership race {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

Born in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, the son of Cedric and Mrytle Ballem, Ballem was educated at the University of Prince Edward Island. In 1991, he married Cindy MacLean. Ballem served as the chair for the PEI Milk Marketing Board and the Potato Commission.<ref>O'Handley, K ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 2000'' {{ISBN|0-7876-3560-X}}</ref> Ballem served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/6-ministers-defeated-as-p-e-i-cabinet-trounced-1.661786 |title=6 ministers defeated as P.E.I. cabinet trounced |publisher=CBC News |access-date=2009-06-13 | date=May 28, 2007}}</ref> Later that year, Ballem started a company called Island Green Power to promote the development of wind power on the island.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=138793&sc=98 |title=Where are they now? |work=The Guardian |location=Charlottetown |date=May 29, 2008|accessdate=2009-06-12}}</ref>

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