Gerald Regan
Gerald Augustine Regan PC QC ( born February 13, 1928 in Windsor, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was among others Prime Minister of Nova Scotia and a few years a Member of the House of Commons and Minister temporarily.
Life
Attorney, Deputy Prime Minister of Nova Scotia
After schooling Regan holds a degree in law, which he finished with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ). He then took up a career as a lawyer, Barrister and Solicitor, specializing in particular on commercial law.
After he had applied at the general election of 18 June 1962 the Liberal Party in the constituency of Halifax for the first time unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons, Regan was elected at the general election on 6 April 1963 in this constituency for deputies in the lower house and was this for a legislative period until the election on November 8, 1965.
On May 30, 1967 Regan, who was from 1965 to 1980 chairman of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party on 24 July, was elected as a member of the House of Representatives of Nova Scotia and represented in this for thirteen years to 1980, the constituency of Halifax Needham.
After he was from 1967 to 1970 leader of the opposition, he won in 1970 with the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in the elections of October 13, 1970 23 of the 46 seats in the House of Representatives of Nova Scotia and then was on 28 October 1970 as the successor of George Isaac Smith new Prime Minister of Nova Scotia. In this role, he led his party to victory in the elections on April 2, 1974, in which the Liberal Party won 31 of the 46 seats.
In the subsequent election on September 19, 1978, he suffered an electoral loss in which his party got only 17 seats, while the Progressive Conservative Association previously placed second with 31 seats of Nova Scotia got the majority. On October 4, 1978 Regan had the premiership at the top candidates of the Progressive Conservatives, John Buchanan, assigned, and took over in the aftermath again until 1980 the office of the opposition leader.
House of Commons Member of Parliament and Minister
In the general election of 18 February 1980 Regan was re-elected in the constituency of Halifax to the deputies in the lower house, but lost that seat already in the subsequent election on 4 September 1984.
On 3 March 1980 he was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau for the first time in the 22 Canadian Cabinet and was initially until September 21, 1981 Minister of Labour and Minister of State at the same time only for sport and then since March 5, 1980 to September 29, 1982 Minister for amateur sports. On September 22, 1981, he assumed the office of Secretary of State for Canada and has held this also until 29 September 1982 before he followed until December 6, 1983, was Minister of State for International Trade. After a departmental reorganization he was between 7 December 1983 to the end of Trudeau's term of office on 29 June 1984 as Minister of International Trade again a member of the Federal Cabinet. In addition he acted on 25 February 1981 to 1984 in the Cabinet as managing Regional Minister for Prince Edward Iceland.
In the educated of Trudeau's successor, John Turner 23 Canadian government Regan was from June 30 to September 16, 1984 Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.
Regan's father John Hornby Harrison was also eight years lower house deputy, while Regan's son Geoff Regan is since 1993 member of the House of Commons with a break between 2003 and 2006 and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans was.