Seamus O’Regan Jr.

Seamus O’Regan Jr.

Member of Parliament, House of Commons

The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr. PC, MP is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau. He resigned from cabinet effective July 19, 2024. 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 Veteran’s 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.