Seamus O'Regan | |
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Minister of Seniors | |
In office July 26, 2023 – July 19, 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Kamal Khera |
Succeeded by | Steven MacKinnon |
Minister of Labour | |
In office October 26, 2021 – July 19, 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Filomena Tassi |
Succeeded by | Steven MacKinnon |
Minister of Natural Resources | |
In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Amarjeet Sohi |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Wilkinson |
Minister of Indigenous Services | |
In office January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Jane Philpott |
Succeeded by | Marc Miller |
Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence | |
In office August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Kent Hehr |
Succeeded by | Jody Wilson-Raybould |
Member of Parliament for St. John's South—Mount Pearl | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ryan Cleary |
Personal details | |
Born | Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan January 18, 1971 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Steve Doussis (m. 2010) |
Residence | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[1] |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | |
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan PC MP (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau. He resigned from cabinet effective July 19, 2024.[2] A member of the Liberal Party, O'Regan was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015, representing St. John's South—Mount Pearl. He 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.
Before he entered politics, O'Regan was a correspondent with CTV National News, and a host of Canada AM, which he co-hosted from 2003 to 2011 with Beverly Thomson.[3]