Seamus O'Regan

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The Honourable

Seamus O'Regan Jr.

PC MP
Seamus O’Regan June 2018 cropped (cropped).jpg
O'Regan in June 2018
Minister of Natural Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 20, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byAmarjeet Sohi
Minister of Indigenous Services
In office
January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byJane Philpott
Succeeded byMarc Miller
Minister of Veterans Affairs
Associate Minister of National Defence
In office
August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byKent Hehr
Succeeded byJody Wilson-Raybould
Member of Parliament
for St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byRyan Cleary
Personal details
Born
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan

(1971-01-18) January 18, 1971 (age 50)
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Steve (Stelios) Doussis
ResidenceSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[1]
Alma materSt. Francis Xavier University (BA)
University College Dublin (Dipl.)
Darwin College, Cambridge (MPhil)
OccupationPolitician, News reporter, Broadcaster

Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan PC MP (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian politician and former television personality from Newfoundland and Labrador. He currently serves as Minister of Natural Resources and formerly served as Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister of Veterans Affairs. He was a correspondent with CTV National News, and a former host of Canada AM, which he co-hosted from 2003 to 2011 with Beverly Thomson.[2]

Early life and education[]

O'Regan was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, and spent 14 years growing up in Goose Bay, graduating from Goose High School. O'Regan is of half Irish descent. His father, also named , was a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.[3] At the age of 10, O'Regan became a regional correspondent for CBC Radio's Anybody Home?, producing stories that celebrated the unique accomplishments of local residents - a professor hunting for giant squid to one woman's fight against leukemia.

He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. He studied marketing strategies at INSEAD, an international business school near Paris, France. He received his Masters of Philosophy in Politics from the University of Cambridge, studying at Darwin College in Cambridge, England.[4]

Career[]

He has worked as an assistant to Environment Minister Jean Charest in Ottawa and to Justice Minister Edward Roberts in St. John's, and was policy advisor and speechwriter to the Premier Brian Tobin of Newfoundland and Labrador.[5]

In 2000, O'Regan joined talktv's current affairs program, the chatroom. He began his duties at Canada AM on December 19, 2001. On November 8, 2011, he announced that he would be leaving Canada AM on November 24, 2011 to become a correspondent for CTV National News.[2] O'Regan left CTV in 2012.[6] Since leaving CTV he has occasionally been a fill-in host on radio station CFRB in Toronto,[7] and worked on independent television productions and as a media innovator in residence at Ryerson University.[7][8] O'Regan also served as the executive vice president for communications of the Stronach Group.[8]

Politics[]

In September 2014, O'Regan was nominated as the Liberal Party candidate in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of St. John's South—Mount Pearl for the 2015 federal election.[9] On October 19, 2015, O'Regan won the election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Ryan Cleary.[10][11] He was appointed to the cabinet on August 28, 2017 as the Minister of Veterans Affairs[12] and on January 14, 2019 was made the Minister of Indigenous Services, vacating his previous post.

He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election. Following the election, he was appointed Minister of Natural Resources. He was re-elected again in the 2021 federal election.[13]

Personal life[]

On July 9, 2010, O'Regan married his longtime partner, Steve Doussis, in Newfoundland.[14]

O'Regan serves on the Boards of Katimavik, Canada's leading youth service-learning programme, and The Rooms, which houses the provincial art gallery, museum, and archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. He also sits on the board of directors for fellow Newfoundlander Allan Hawco's theatre company, The Company Theatre, located in Toronto.

In January 2016, O’Regan announced that he entered an alcoholism rehabilitation program.[15][16]

In November 2017, he was hospitalized in Ottawa for a major gastrointestinal obstruction.[17]

Shortly after the November 2020 death of his father Seamus Bernard O'Regan (1942–2020), Natural Resources Canada announcements began to give his name as Seamus O'Regan Jr.; previous announcements did not use the "Jr." suffix.[18][19][20]

Award[]

In December 1999, O'Regan was named as one of Maclean's 100 Young Canadians to Watch in the 21st century.[2]

Electoral history[]

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2021 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Ray Critch
Conservative Steve Hodder
Liberal Seamus O'Regan
People's Georgia Faith Stewart
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections Canada[21]
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2019 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Seamus O'Regan 20,793 51.13 −6.73 $58,125.56
New Democratic Anne Marie Anonsen 10,890 26.78 −9.98 $25,130.37
Conservative Terry Martin 7,767 19.10 +14.53 $56,978.54
Green Alexandra Hayward 740 1.82 +1.01 $0.00
People's Benjamin Ruckpaul 335 0.82 New none listed
Christian Heritage David Jones 141 0.35 New none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,666 100.0     $100,487.58
Total rejected ballots 592 1.43 +1.13
Turnout 41,258 61.42 −5.71
Eligible voters 67,170
Liberal hold Swing +1.62
Source: Elections Canada[22]
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2015 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Seamus O'Regan 25,992 57.86 +29.16 $124,533.70
New Democratic Ryan Cleary 16,467 36.76 –9.58 $98,225.69
Conservative Marek Krol 2,047 4.57 –19.64 $24,331.40
Green Jackson McLean 365 0.81 +0.09 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,801 100.00   $201,093.98
Total rejected ballots 133 0.30
Turnout 44,934 67.13
Eligible voters 66,936
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +19.37
Source: Elections Canada[23][24]

References[]

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Seamus O'Regan joining CTV National News as correspondent". CTV News. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ Dyer, Evan (20 September 2015). "Mulcair, Trudeau cross swords in Newfoundland where NDP and Liberals are in battle". CBC News. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Seamus O'Regan, Correspondent, CTV National News". CTV. Retrieved 13 January 2012.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Seamus O'Regan - Summary Profile". National Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Seamus O'Regan to run for Liberals in St. John's". CTV News. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Seamus O'Regan: Mental health spokesman" Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. The Grid, June 23, 2014.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Canadian Press (18 August 2014). "Seamus O'Regan seeks federal Liberal nomination in Nfld". Maclean's. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Seamus O'Regan takes Liberal nomination in St. John's South-Mount Pearl". CBC News. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Seamus O'Regan upsets Ryan Cleary for Liberal win in St. John's South-Mount Pearl". CBC News. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Liberals sweep all 7 N.L. ridings in federal election". CBC News. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Indigenous Affairs department split, Seamus O'Regan new veterans minister in cabinet shakeup". CBC News. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  13. ^ https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2021/results/
  14. ^ Takeuchi, Craig (8 November 2011). "CTV anchor Seamus O'Regan to leave Canada AM for CTV National News". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan checks into wellness program seeking 'alcohol free lifestyle'". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Seamus O'Regan draws from his own personal struggles as Veterans Affairs Minister". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  17. ^ [1]
  18. ^ Maher, David (20 November 2020). "Justice Seamus O'Regan, a pillar of Newfoundland and Labrador's justice system, died this week at age 79". The Telegram. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Canada Raising Awareness for Electric Vehicles in Newfoundland and Labrador". Natural Resources Canada (press release). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021. The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced[...]
  20. ^ "Celebrating Indigenous Leadership in Clean Energy". Natural Resources Canada (press release). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021. The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced[...]
  21. ^ "Confirmed candidates — St. John's South—Mount Pearl". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  23. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — St. John's South—Mount Pearl (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  24. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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