Seamus O'Regan

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Seamus O'Regan
MP
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Seamus O'Regan at an interview with U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson, July 29, 2010
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by Ryan Cleary
Personal details
Born (1971-01-18) January 18, 1971 (age 53)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Nationality Canadian
Political party Liberal Party of Canada
Spouse(s) Steve Doussis
Education Attended St. Francis Xavier University
Attended University College Dublin
Attended INSEAD
Masters of Philosophy in Politics from the University of Cambridge (Darwin College)
Occupation News reporter, broadcaster

Seamus O'Regan, MP , (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian Member of Parliament and broadcast journalist from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a correspondent with CTV National News, and a former co-host of Canada AM.[1]

Early life and education

O'Regan was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. His father, also called Seamus O'Regan, was a judge on Newfoundland's Supreme Court.[2] 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.[3]

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 of Newfoundland and Labrador, Brian Tobin.[4]

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.[1] O'Regan left CTV in 2012.[5] Since leaving CTV he has occasionally been a fill-in host on radio station CFRB in Toronto,[6] and worked on independent television productions and as a media innovator in residence at Ryerson University.[6][7] Regan is also the executive vice president for communications of the Stronach Group.[7]

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.[8] On October 19, 2015, O'Regan won the election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Ryan Cleary.[9][10]

Personal life

On July 9, 2010, he married his longtime partner, Steve Doussis, in Newfoundland.[11]

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.

O’Regan announced that he entered a rehab program to undertake “an alcohol free lifestyle.”[12]

Award

In December 1999, O'Regan was named as one of Maclean's 100 Young Canadians to Watch in the 21st century.[1]

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Seamus O'Regan 25,992 58.02 +29.32 –
New Democratic Ryan Cleary 16,467 36.76 –9.58 –
Conservative Marek Krol 2,047 4.57 –19.64 –
Green Jackson McLean 365 0.81 +0.09 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,801 100.0   $200,174.30
Total rejected ballots 133 0.30 +0.02
Turnout 44,934 67.13 +8.16
Eligible voters 66,936
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +19.45
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

References

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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Seamus O'Regan: Mental health spokesman". The Grid, June 23, 2014.
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  14. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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