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Introduction
Seamus O’Regan is a Canadian politician who served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, O’Regan has represented St. John’s South—Mount Pearl in the House of Commons since 2015. He served as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence from 2017 to 2019, and as the Minister of Indigenous Services in 2019. 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.
Early life
| Name | Seamus O’Regan |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Salary | $1 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 51 years |
| Height | 1.83m |
Seamus Thomas Harris O’Regan PC MP was born on January 18, 1971 (age 51 years) in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. He spent 14 years growing up in Goose Bay, graduating from Goose High School. O’Regan is of half Irish descent. His father, also named Seamus O’Regan, was a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Shortly after the November 2020 death of his father Seamus Bernard O’Regan (1942–2020), Natural Resources Canada announcements began to give his name as Seamus O’Regan Jr.; previous announcements did not use the “Jr.” suffix.
O’Regan became a regional correspondent at the age of 10 for CBC Radio’s Anybody Home? and produced stories that celebrated the unique accomplishments of local residents, ranging from a professor hunting for the 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.
Career
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 a policy advisor and speechwriter to Premier Brian Tobin of Newfoundland and Labrador. In December 1999, O’Regan was named as one of Maclean’s 100 Young Canadians to Watch in the 21st century.
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O’Regan joined talktv’s current affairs program, the chatroom in 2000. 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.
He left CTV in 2012. Since leaving CTV he has occasionally been a fill-in host on radio station CFRB in Toronto and worked on independent television productions and as a media innovator in residence at Ryerson University. Seamus O’Regan also served as the executive vice president for communications of the Stronach Group.
Political career
Seamus O’Regan was nominated in September 2014 as the Liberal Party candidate in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of St. John’s South—Mount Pearl for the 2015 federal election. On October 19, 2015, O’Regan won the election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Ryan Cleary.
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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. He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election. Following the election, he was appointed minister of natural resources. He was re-elected again in the 2021 federal election.
He 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. Seamus O’Regan also sits on the board of directors for fellow Newfoundlander Allan Hawco’s theatre company, The Company Theatre, located in Toronto.
Husband
Seamus O’Regan is married to his longtime partner Steve Doussis, they had their wedding on July 9, 2010, in Newfoundland. In January 2016, O’Regan announced that he entered an alcoholism rehabilitation program. In November 2017, he was hospitalized in Ottawa for a major gastrointestinal obstruction. As of mid-2022, O’Regan and his husband Steve Doussis are still married and they have no children together.
Seamus O’Regan net worth
How much is Seamus O’Regan worth? Seamus O’Regan net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his career as a politician. O’Regan’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $1 million annually. His successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in Canada.