Kelly Maureen Regan is a Canadian politician who served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 to 2024, most recently as the MLA for Bedford Basin.
16 Facts About Kelly Regan
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Kelly Regan was first elected as the Member for Bedford-Birch Cove.
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Kelly Regan is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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Kelly Regan moved to Nova Scotia in 1984 where she began working at CFDR-AM as a reporter covering municipal politics.
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Kelly Regan has been active in many community organizations, serving as a library volunteer at Sunnyside Schools, a member of the organizing committee of the annual Bedford volunteer awards, as executive member of Ridgevale Homeowners' Association, and as an elder of Bedford United Church.
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Kelly Regan serves as a judge for the Atlantic Journalism Awards.
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Kelly Regan is a founding member of the Nova Scotia chapter of Equal Voice, a multi-partisan group dedicated to increasing the number of women elected in Canada.
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In 2009, Kelly Regan successfully ran for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Bedford-Birch Cove.
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Kelly Regan was elected in the 2009 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Len Goucher.
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On October 22,2013, following the Liberal victory in the 2013 Nova Scotia general election Kelly Regan was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia to serve as Minister of Labour and Advanced Education and Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act.
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On July 24,2015, Kelly Regan was given an additional role in cabinet as minister responsible for youth.
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Kelly Regan was Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia in the Rankin government from February 23,2021 until August 31,2021.
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Kelly Regan was re-elected in the 2021 election, however the Rankin Liberals lost government becoming the Official Opposition.
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Kelly Regan is a member of the Legislature Internal Affairs Committee.
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Kelly Regan married her husband Geoff, who was the Member of Parliament for Halifax West, in December 1993, and has three children, Caitlin, Nicole, and Harrison.
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Kelly Regan is the granddaughter in law of John Harrison, daughter in law of Gerald Regan and sister in law of the longest host of CTV News at 5 Nancy Regan and actress Laura Regan, of FOX's Minority Report.