Full Name
Hon. Seamus O’Regan
Job Title
Senior Business Advisor
Company/ Organization
Stewart McKelvey
Speaker Bio
Seamus O’Regan Jr joined Stewart McKelvey in March 2025 as a Senior Business Advisor following a distinguished career in politics and journalism.
He was first elected Member of Parliament for St. John's South-Mount Pearl in 2015, and re-elected in 2019 and 2021.
He served as Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister of Labour, Minister for Seniors, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.
He has served numerous roles in the Government over the years, including Member of the Prime Minister’s Agenda, Results and Communications Committee and the Canada-US, COVID, Reconciliation and Defence Procurement Cabinet Committees. He was a long-standing member of the Treasury Board, as well as Chair of the Ministerial Working Group on Regulatory Efficiency and Clean Growth.
Seamus was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and raised in Goose Bay, Labrador. He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University and University College, Dublin, and marketing strategies at INSEAD, near Paris.
In 1999, he graduated Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, with a focus on Indigenous participation in large-scale natural resource development.
He began his career in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, first as executive assistant to Minister of Justice & Attorney General Edward Roberts, then as policy director to Premier Brian Tobin.
Seamus went on to work as a journalist, notably for a decade as a host of CTV’s Canada AM, the country’s leading morning news programme.
Seamus is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and has served on the Boards of World Wildlife Fund Canada, Canada World Youth, Katimavik, The Company Theatre, and The Rooms. He is proud to have been an Ambassador for Bell Let’s Talk, removing stigma around mental illness.
He was first elected Member of Parliament for St. John's South-Mount Pearl in 2015, and re-elected in 2019 and 2021.
He served as Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister of Labour, Minister for Seniors, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.
He has served numerous roles in the Government over the years, including Member of the Prime Minister’s Agenda, Results and Communications Committee and the Canada-US, COVID, Reconciliation and Defence Procurement Cabinet Committees. He was a long-standing member of the Treasury Board, as well as Chair of the Ministerial Working Group on Regulatory Efficiency and Clean Growth.
Seamus was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and raised in Goose Bay, Labrador. He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University and University College, Dublin, and marketing strategies at INSEAD, near Paris.
In 1999, he graduated Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, with a focus on Indigenous participation in large-scale natural resource development.
He began his career in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, first as executive assistant to Minister of Justice & Attorney General Edward Roberts, then as policy director to Premier Brian Tobin.
Seamus went on to work as a journalist, notably for a decade as a host of CTV’s Canada AM, the country’s leading morning news programme.
Seamus is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and has served on the Boards of World Wildlife Fund Canada, Canada World Youth, Katimavik, The Company Theatre, and The Rooms. He is proud to have been an Ambassador for Bell Let’s Talk, removing stigma around mental illness.
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