Seamus O'Regan

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Seamus O'Regan

Seamus O'Regan PC (born January 18, 1971 in St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador ) is a Canadian television presenter and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada . In the 29th Canadian Cabinet he's since Nov. 20, 2019 Minister of Natural Resources. He was previously Minister for Services for Indigenous ( Minister of Indigenous services ), Minister of Veterans Affairs and Deputy Minister of Defense .

Life

O'Regan grew up in Goose Bay . He graduated from St. Francis Xavier University , at University College Dublin and at Darwin College of the University of Cambridge political science and graduated with a Master of Philosophy from. He also studied marketing at Insead Business School . O'Regan worked as assistant to the Canadian Environment Minister Jean Charest , as well as a consultant and speechwriter of the Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador Brian Tobin . He worked as a television presenter for the Canadian television station CTV , where he hosted the breakfast television program Canada AM from 2001 . In November 2011 he switched to CTV National News as a correspondent .

O'Regan has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of St. John's South — Mount Pearl since 2015 , which he won with 57.9 percent of the vote. On August 28, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed him Minister of Veterans Affairs and, therefore, Deputy Minister of Defense of Canada. He held until January 14, 2019 this department, when he was appointed Minister of services to Indigenous ( Minister of Indigenous Services has been appointed). In the 2019 general election , he was able to defend his seat with 51.1 percent of the vote. In a cabinet reshuffle in November 2019 following the election, O'Regan was appointed Minister of Natural Resources after previous incumbent Amarjeet Sohi failed to win his constituency in Edmonton .

O'Regan served on the board of directors of The Rooms art and culture museum in St. John's for ten years . He is a founding member of the Smiling Land Foundation and the Company Theater in Toronto . He was also a board member of WWF Canada , The Walrus , Katimavik and Canada World Youth . In July 2010 he married his long-time partner Steve Doussis.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Seamus O'Regen on the website of the National Speakers Bureau (Memento from January 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ CBC.ca: Seamus O'Regan takes Liberal nomination in St. John's South-Mount Pearl
  3. ^ Election results 2015 at Elections Canada
  4. ↑ Seamus O'Regan - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
  5. ↑ election result in 2019 at Elections Canada
  6. ↑ Gabriel Friedman: Trudeau appoints fresh face to natural resources file amid Alberta angst. In: Financial Post . November 20, 2019, accessed February 26, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Seamus O'Regan on the Prime Minister of Canada website
  8. ^ Straight.com: CTV anchor Seamus O'Regan to leave Canada AM for CTV National News
personal data
SURNAME O'Regan, Seamus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian television presenter and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 18th January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador