Gerald Regan
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The Honourable Gerald Regan PC, QC, ECNS |
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| 19th Premier of Nova Scotia | |
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In office October 28, 1970 – October 5, 1978 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Victor de Bedia Oland Clarence Gosse |
| Preceded by | G.I. Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Buchanan |
| MLA for Halifax Needham | |
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In office May 30, 1967 – February 18, 1980 |
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| Preceded by | New Riding |
| Succeeded by | Edmund L. Morris |
| MP for Halifax | |
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In office April 8, 1963 – November 8, 1965 Serving with Robert McCleave |
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| Preceded by | Edmund Morris |
| Succeeded by | Michael Forrestall |
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In office February 18, 1980 – September 4, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | George Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Stewart McInnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gerald Augustine Paul Regan February 13, 1928 Windsor, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Anita Carole Thomas Harrison |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Religion | Catholic |
Gerald Augustine Paul Regan, PC (born February 13, 1928) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 19th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1970 to 1978.
Regan was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Rose Mary (née Greene) and Walter Edward Regan. He has Irish ancestry. Regan graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in 1954. He became one of the region's best known labour lawyers, and his high-profile image led to an invitation to enter politics.
He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1963 federal election. He resigned his seat in 1965 when he was named leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Regan entered the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1967, and aggressively pursued the government of Premier George Isaac Smith as Leader of the opposition. Regan led a fourteen-hour filibuster against the government's plans to increase the sales tax in 1969.
Regan's Liberals won a minority government in 1970, and were re-elected with a majority in 1974.
As premier, Regan supported industrialization and the development of offshore gas and oil. His first government amended the province's labour code to prevent courts from issuing injunctions to prevent picketing in labour disputes, and the office of the provincial ombudsman was established. In its second term, the Regan government nationalized the Nova Scotia Light and Power electrical utility, and consolidated electricity supply under the Nova Scotia Power Corporation. A massive plan for the development of tidal power in the Bay of Fundy was also announced.
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