Gerald Regan graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in 1954.
11 Facts About Gerald Regan
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Gerald Regan became one of the region's best known labour lawyers, and his high-profile image led to an invitation to enter politics.
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Gerald Regan was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1963 federal election.
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Gerald Regan resigned his seat in 1965 when he was named leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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Gerald Regan entered the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1967, and aggressively pursued the government of Premier George Isaac Smith as Leader of the opposition.
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Gerald Regan led a fourteen-hour filibuster against the government's plans to increase the sales tax in 1969.
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Gerald Regan's Liberals won a minority government in 1970, and were re-elected with a majority in 1974.
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Gerald Regan's government was defeated by John Buchanan's Progressive Conservative Party in the 1978 general election, in part due to the oil shock's effect on the economy.
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Gerald Regan returned to the federal House of Commons in the 1980 federal election, and was appointed Minister of Labour and Minister of State for International Trade in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
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Gerald Regan was defeated along with the Liberal government in the 1984 election.
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Gerald Regan's wife was Anita Carole Thomas, whose father, John Harrison, was a Saskatchewan Liberal Member of Parliament.