Geoff Regan
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The Honourable Geoff Regan PC MP BA LLB |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halifax West |
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Assumed office November 27, 2000 |
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Preceded by | Gordon Earle |
In office October 25, 1993 – June 2, 1997 |
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Preceded by | Howard Crosby |
Succeeded by | Gordon Earle |
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans | |
In office December 12, 2003 – February 5, 2006 |
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Prime Minister | Paul Martin |
Preceded by | Robert Thibault |
Succeeded by | Loyola Hearn |
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Born | Geoffrey Paul Regan November 22, 1959 Windsor, Nova Scotia |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Kelly Regan |
Children | Caitlin, Nicole, and Harrison |
Residence | Bedford, Nova Scotia |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | www.geoffregan.ca |
Geoffrey Paul "Geoff" Regan, PC, MP (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian politician and incumbent member of parliament for Halifax West.[1] Under Paul Martin, he was Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from 2003 to 2006. He holds the honorific "the Honourable" and the post-nominal "PC" for life by virtue of being made a privy councillor and a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
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Personal life[edit]
Regan was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia. He grew up in a strong political family. He is the son of Anita Carole Thomas (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotia Premier and Federal Cabinet Minister, Gerald Regan. His maternal grandfather, John Harrison, was a Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan.[2] His wife Kelly Regan is a provincial MLA. Two of his sisters are also well-known: Nancy Regan was a well-known local television personality with ATV, Laura Regan is an actress and brother-in-law Farhad Safinia.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Regan is a current Member of Parliament, representing the riding of Halifax West since 2000, and from 1993[3] to 1997,[4] and sits in the Liberal caucus. Regan graduated from Sackville High School in 1977 and then earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from St. Francis Xavier University in 1980. Following university, Regan went on to earn a law degree from Dalhousie University, graduating in 1983. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society in 1984 and practiced real estate and commercial law before entering public life.
Regan served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, under Jean Chrétien and later as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Regional Minister for Nova Scotia in the newly formed government of Paul Martin, sworn in on December 12, 2003. After the 2004 federal election, Regan retained his position in cabinet in Martin’s minority government. In February 2004, Regan was appointed to act as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, in matters related to Maher Arar. Upon the defeat of the Liberal government in the 2006 election, he was appointed by Bill Graham, Interim Leader of the Official Opposition, to the shadow cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Human Resources and Skills Development. During his time as critic, Regan introduced a private members’ bill to expand Canada Access Grants for disabled and low income students. In January 2007, he was appointed to the newly created Liberal Priorities and Planning Committee, which was chaired by then Liberal Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion. In March 2008, Regan was named Chair of the Caucus Committee on Environmental Sustainability. Regan also served as Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
Awards and honours[edit]
- Metro Food Bank Society Community Leadership Award (1992)
- Halifax Board of Trade Certificate of Merit (1992)
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002)
- Appointed member of the Queens’s Privy Council for Canada (2003)
- Elisabeth Mann Borgese Medal (2005) The International Ocean Institute awarded Regan then Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for his "exemplary leadership in the field of Ocean Governance."
- Lebanese Community Recognition Award (2008)
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)
In opposition[edit]
Regan was re-elected in the 2000,[5] 2004,[6] 2006, 2008, and 2011 federal elections,[7] despite significant Liberal losses in all three. Under the leadership of Stephane Dion, Regan served as Opposition Critic for Human Resources and Skills Development. Under Michael Ignatieff, Regan served as Liberal Critic for Natural Resources, and later, Public Works and Government Services and also as the Liberal Natural Resources Critic under leader Justin Trudeau and the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
Electoral record[edit]
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 34,377 | 68.65 | +31.38 | – | |||
Conservative | Michael McGinnis | 7,837 | 15.65 | –14.53 | – | |||
New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 5,894 | 11.77 | –16.68 | – | |||
Green | Richard Henryk Zurawski | 1,971 | 3.94 | –0.16 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,079 | 100.0 | $201,968.89 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 181 | 0.36 | –0.17 | |||||
Turnout | 50,260 | 71.71 | +9.37 | |||||
Eligible voters | 70,089 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +22.96 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 16,230 | 35.92 | -5.64 | $61,795.88 | |||
Conservative | Bruce Pretty | 13,782 | 30.50 | +9.37 | $51,236.29 | |||
New Democratic | Gregor Ash | 13,239 | 29.30 | -0.30 | $42,761.72 | |||
Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,931 | 4.27 | -2.81 | $860.31 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,182 | 100.0 | $84,619.08 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 239 | 0.53 | +0.16 | |||||
Turnout | 45,421 | 62.34 | +3.21 | |||||
Eligible voters | 72,862 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.47 | ||||||
Sources:[10][11] |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 17,129 | 41.56 | -7.80 | $50,515.55 | |||
New Democratic | Tamara Lorincz | 12,201 | 29.60 | +5.17 | $25,480.72 | |||
Conservative | Rakesh Khosla | 8,708 | 21.13 | -1.91 | $29,390.36 | |||
Green | Michael Munday | 2,920 | 7.08 | +3.90 | $2,823.08 | |||
Christian Heritage | Trevor Ennis | 257 | 0.62 | – | $123.50 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,215 | 100.0 | $81,056 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 154 | 0.37 | +0.04 | |||||
Turnout | 41,369 | 59.13 | -3.92 | |||||
Eligible voters | 69,960 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.48 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 21,818 | 49.36 | +1.86 | $54,533.58 | |||
New Democratic | Alan Hill | 10,798 | 24.43 | -3.52 | $15,656.30 | |||
Conservative | Rakesh Khosla | 10,184 | 23.04 | +2.10 | $46,536.45 | |||
Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,406 | 3.18 | -0.43 | $642.68 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,206 | 100.0 | $75,552 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 147 | 0.33 | -0.02 | |||||
Turnout | 44,353 | 63.05 | -0.46 | |||||
Eligible voters | 70,349 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.69 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 19,083 | 47.50 | +6.55 | $60,896.27 | |||
New Democratic | Bill Carr | 11,228 | 27.95 | -0.12 | $33,350.95 | |||
Conservative | Ken MacPhee | 8,413 | 20.94 | -9.26 | $32,442.47 | |||
Green | Martin Willison | 1,452 | 3.61 | – | $1,152.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,176 | 100.0 | $71,525 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 141 | 0.35 | ||||||
Turnout | 40,317 | 63.51 | +3.64 | |||||
Eligible voters | 63,479 | |||||||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +3.34 | ||||||
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. |
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 18,327 | 39.21 | +8.32 | ||||
New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 14,016 | 29.99 | -4.64 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Charles Cirtwill | 9,701 | 20.76 | -2.70 | ||||
Alliance | Hilda Stevens | 4,531 | 9.70 | -0.77 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Tony Seed | 160 | 0.34 | +0.19 | ||||
Total valid votes | 46,735 | 100.00 | ||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +6.48 |
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 16,013 | 34.63 | +26.23 | ||||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 14,284 | 30.89 | -14.73 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Heather Foley | 10,848 | 23.46 | -0.29 | ||||
Reform | Stephen Oickle | 4,843 | 10.47 | -8.93 | ||||
Natural Law | John Runkle | 179 | 0.39 | -0.42 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Gary Zatzman | 70 | 0.15 | |||||
Total valid votes | 46,237 | 100.00 | ||||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +20.48 |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Geoff Regan | 26 904 | 45.62 | +7.01 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Joel Matheson | 14 005 | 23.75 | -21.00 | ||||
Reform | Jim Donohue | 11,439 | 19.40 | |||||
New Democratic | Sheila Richardson | 4,952 | 8.40 | -7.85 | ||||
National | Kirby Judge | 1,201 | 2.04 | |||||
Natural Law | Bernard Gormley | 475 | 0.81 | |||||
Total valid votes | 58,976 | 100.00 | ||||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +14.01 |
References[edit]
- ^ Hill, Tony L. (2002). Canadian Politics, Riding by Riding: An In-depth Analysis of Canada's 301 Federal Electoral Districts. Prospect Park Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780972343602. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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- ^ "Atlantic region hands Liberals near-clean sweep". The Chronicle Herald. October 26, 1993. Archived from the original on July 20, 2001. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ^ "NDP's Earle becomes first Black MP for N.S.". The Chronicle Herald. June 3, 1997. Archived from the original on May 22, 2001. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ^ "Halifax West's Regan 'delighted' to be back". The Chronicle Herald. November 28, 2000. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ^ "Geoff Regan: 'What a thrill'". The Chronicle Herald. June 29, 2004. Archived from the original on September 6, 2005. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ^ "Regan holds Halifax West for Liberals". CBC News. May 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Halifax West (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
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