1. Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan was born on January 18,1971 and is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau.
21 Facts About Seamus O'Regan
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Seamus O'Regan was appointed to Cabinet in 2017, and served as minister of natural resources from 2019 to 2021, minister of Indigenous services in 2019, and minister of veterans affairs and associate minister of national defence from 2017 to 2019 and minister of labour from October 26,2021 until July 19,2024 and minister of seniors from July 26,2023 until July 19,2024.
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Seamus O'Regan was born in St John's, Newfoundland, and spent 14 years growing up in Goose Bay, graduating from Goose High School.
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Seamus O'Regan's father, named Seamus O'Regan, was a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Seamus O'Regan studied politics at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.
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Seamus O'Regan studied marketing strategies at INSEAD, an international business school near Paris, France.
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Seamus O'Regan received his Masters of Philosophy in Politics from the University of Cambridge, studying at Darwin College in Cambridge, England.
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Seamus O'Regan 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 Premier Brian Tobin of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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In December 1999, Seamus O'Regan was named as one of Maclean's 100 Young Canadians to Watch in the 21st century.
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In 2000, Seamus O'Regan joined talktv's current affairs program, the chatroom.
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Seamus O'Regan began his duties at Canada AM on December 19,2001.
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Seamus O'Regan served as the executive vice president for communications of the Stronach Group.
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On October 19,2015, Seamus O'Regan won the election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Ryan Cleary.
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Seamus O'Regan was appointed to the cabinet on August 28,2017, as the minister of veterans affairs and on January 14,2019, was made the minister of Indigenous services, vacating his previous post.
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Seamus O'Regan was re-elected again in the 2021 federal election.
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Seamus O'Regan served as minister of labour from 2021 and expanded his portfolio to include minister of seniors during the 2023 cabinet shuffle.
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In July 2024, CBC reported that Seamus O'Regan would resign from cabinet for family reasons, but would continue to serve as a Member of Parliament until the next election, expected in 2025.
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On July 9,2010, Seamus O'Regan married his longtime partner, Steve Doussis, in Newfoundland.
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Seamus O'Regan serves on the Boards of Katimavik, Canada's leading youth service-learning program, and The Rooms, which houses the provincial art gallery, museum, and archives of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Seamus O'Regan sits on the board of directors for fellow Newfoundlander Allan Hawco's theatre company, The Company Theatre, located in Toronto.
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In January 2016, Seamus O'Regan announced that he entered an alcoholism rehabilitation program.