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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Geoff Regan</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="/wiki/Julie_Payette" title="Julie Payette">Julie Payette</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rota" title="Anthony Rota">Anthony Rota</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons_Special_Committee_on_Canada-China_Relations" title="Canadian House of Commons Special Committee on Canada-China Relations">Chairman of the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2020 – August 15, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Vacant</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Fisheries_and_Oceans_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)">Minister of Fisheries and Oceans</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 12, 2003 – February 5, 2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Thibault" title="Robert Thibault">Robert Thibault</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loyola_Hearn" title="Loyola Hearn">Loyola Hearn</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_secretary" title="Parliamentary secretary">Parliamentary Secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Government_in_the_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Government in the House of Commons">Leader of the Government in the House of Commons</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 13, 2001 – December 11, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Lee_(politician)" title="Derek Lee (politician)">Derek Lee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Gallaway" title="Roger Gallaway">Roger Gallaway</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Halifax_West" title="Halifax West">Halifax West</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 27, 2000 – September 20, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Earle" title="Gordon Earle">Gordon Earle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lena_Diab" title="Lena Diab">Lena Diab</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 25, 1993 – June 2, 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Edward_Crosby" title="Howard Edward Crosby">Howard Crosby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Earle" title="Gordon Earle">Gordon Earle</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Geoffrey Paul Regan</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-11-22</span>) </span>November 22, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Nova_Scotia" title="Windsor, Nova Scotia">Windsor, Nova Scotia</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Regan" title="Kelly Regan">Kelly Smith</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="December 3, 1993">1993</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Regan" title="Gerald Regan">Gerald Regan</a> (father)</li><li>Carole Harrison (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Harrison_(Canadian_politician)" title="John Harrison (Canadian politician)">John Harrison</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Regan" title="Nancy Regan">Nancy Regan</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Regan" title="Laura Regan">Laura Regan</a> (sister)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Nova_Scotia" title="Bedford, Nova Scotia">Bedford, Nova Scotia</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Xavier_University" title="St. Francis Xavier University">St. Francis Xavier University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalhousie_University" title="Dalhousie University">Dalhousie University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geoffregan.ca">www<wbr />.geoffregan<wbr />.ca</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Geoffrey Paul Regan</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (born November 22, 1959) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 36th <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)">speaker of the House of Commons</a> from 2015 to 2019. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party</a>, he was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Halifax_West" title="Halifax West">Halifax West</a> 2000 to 2021, previously holding the seat from 1993 to 1997. Under <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a>, he was <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Fisheries_and_Oceans_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)">Minister of Fisheries and Oceans</a> from 2003 to 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regan was born in <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Nova_Scotia" title="Windsor, Nova Scotia">Windsor, Nova Scotia</a>. He is the son of <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Regan" title="Gerald Regan">Gerald Regan</a>, the 19th <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Premier of Nova Scotia">premier of Nova Scotia</a> and Cabinet Minister under <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a>, and Carole Harrison, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/John_Harrison_(Canadian_politician)" title="John Harrison (Canadian politician)">John Harrison</a>, a member of Parliament from <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the brother of <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Regan" title="Nancy Regan">Nancy Regan</a>, a retired television personality with <a href="/wiki/CTV_Atlantic" title="CTV Atlantic">ATV</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Laura_Regan" title="Laura Regan">Laura Regan</a>, an actress.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Regan graduated from <a href="/wiki/Sackville_High_School" title="Sackville High School">Sackville High School</a> in 1977 and then earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in Political Science from <a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Xavier_University" title="St. Francis Xavier University">St. Francis Xavier University</a> in 1980. Following university, Regan went on to earn a law degree from <a href="/wiki/Dalhousie_University" title="Dalhousie University">Dalhousie University</a>, 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. </p><p>Regan was a member of <a href="/wiki/Toastmasters" class="mw-redirect" title="Toastmasters">Toastmasters</a> for almost ten years, in the late 1980s to early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_politics">Federal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regan was first elected to the House of Commons as part of the Liberal victory in the <a href="/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election" title="1993 Canadian federal election">1993 federal election</a> under <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 election</a> by <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">NDP</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Earle" title="Gordon Earle">Gordon Earle</a>, mainly because of the federal government's changes to employment insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After regaining his seat in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 federal election</a>, Regan was appointed <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Secretary">Parliamentary Secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Government_in_the_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Government in the House of Commons">Leader of the Government in the House of Commons</a>, a position then held by <a href="/wiki/Don_Boudria" title="Don Boudria">Don Boudria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, Paul Martin appointed him as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Fisheries_and_Oceans_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)">Minister of Fisheries and Oceans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regan was the Regional Minister for Nova Scotia in the newly formed government of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a>, sworn in on 12 December 2003. Regan was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_federal_election" title="2004 Canadian federal election">2004 federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would keep position in cabinet in Martin’s minority government. In February 2004, Regan was appointed to act as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Canada)">Minister of Justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Canada">Attorney General of Canada</a>, in matters related to <a href="/wiki/Maher_Arar" title="Maher Arar">Maher Arar</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_opposition">In opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg/220px-Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg/330px-Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg/440px-Michael_Ignatieff_at_the_Halifax_Ferry_Terminal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1592" data-file-height="1275" /></a><figcaption>Regan with Liberal leader <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ignatieff" title="Michael Ignatieff">Michael Ignatieff</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011 federal election</a> campaign</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon the defeat of the Liberal government in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_federal_election" title="2006 Canadian federal election">2006 election</a>, he was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_(Canadian_politician)" title="Bill Graham (Canadian politician)">Bill Graham</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Dion" title="Stéphane Dion">Stéphane Dion</a>. 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. </p><p>Regan was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">2008</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011 federal elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite significant Liberal losses in both. Regan won his seat by a few percentage points in the latter election as the Liberals finished in third place.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Stephane_Dion" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephane Dion">Stephane Dion</a>, Regan served as Opposition Critic for Human Resources and Skills Development. Under <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ignatieff" title="Michael Ignatieff">Michael Ignatieff</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a> and the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons">Speaker of the House of Commons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Speaker of the House of Commons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg/220px-Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg/330px-Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg/440px-Speaker_Geoff_Regan_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="794" /></a><figcaption>Regan as Speaker in 2016.</figcaption></figure> <p>Regan was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election" title="2015 Canadian federal election">2015 federal election</a> with 68% of the vote as the Liberal party swept all 32 <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a> seats and formed a majority government.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 December 2015, Regan was selected as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> in secret ballot by members of the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="42nd Canadian Parliament">42nd Parliament</a> over Liberals <a href="/wiki/Denis_Paradis" title="Denis Paradis">Denis Paradis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yasmin_Ratansi" title="Yasmin Ratansi">Yasmin Ratansi</a> and Conservative <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Stanton" title="Bruce Stanton">Bruce Stanton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regan won on the first ballot and served as the first speaker from Atlantic Canada in almost a hundred years.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2019, he ran for re-election for Speaker of the Commons but lost to fellow Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rota" title="Anthony Rota">Anthony Rota</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-speaker_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speaker-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Rota's win, the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservatives</a> said that he had them to thank for his new position. They had made the decision during a caucus meeting to unseat Regan as a show of strength to the Liberal minority government.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 31, 2021, Regan announced that he would not seek re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Metro Food Bank Society Community Leadership Award (1992)</li> <li>Halifax Board of Trade Certificate of Merit (1992)</li> <li>Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002)</li> <li>Appointed member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada (2003)</li> <li>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."</li> <li>Lebanese Community Recognition Award (2008)</li> <li>Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)</li> <li>Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (2022)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regan's wife, <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Regan" title="Kelly Regan">Kelly Regan</a>, is a provincial <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly">MLA</a> and former Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Regan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">26,885</td> <td style="text-align:right;">49.46</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−19.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$47,993.19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Fred Shuman</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,488</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.29</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.64</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$56,155.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Jacob Wilson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,429</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+7.42</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$3,588.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Richard Zurawski</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,555</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.06</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.12</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$1,525.90 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">54,357</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">99.15</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$103,859.40</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">465</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.85</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.49</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">54,822</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">70.71</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">−1.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">77,531</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">−11.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Elections Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2015_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:2015 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2015_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template talk:2015 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">34,377</td> <td style="text-align:right;">68.65</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+31.38</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$51,596.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Michael McGinnis</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,837</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.65</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–14.53</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$34,660.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Joanne Hussey</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,894</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.77</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–16.68</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$38,094.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Richard Henryk Zurawski</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,971</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.94</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.17</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$258.75 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">50,079</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$203,472.37</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">181</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.36</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">50,260</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">71.71</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">70,089</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+22.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Elections Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:2011 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template talk:2011 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" 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class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,230</td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.92</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-5.64</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$61,795.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Bruce Pretty</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,782</td> <td style="text-align:right;">30.50</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.37</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$51,236.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Gregor Ash</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,239</td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.30</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.30</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$42,761.72 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Thomas Trappenberg</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,931</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.27</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.81</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$860.31 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">45,182</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$84,619.08 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 239</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 0.53</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.16</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">45,421</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">62.34</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+3.21</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">72,862</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">-7.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2008_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:2008 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2008_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template talk:2008 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,129</td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.56</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.80</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$50,515.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Tamara Lorincz</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,201</td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.60</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.17</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$25,480.72 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Rakesh Khosla</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,708</td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.13</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.91</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$29,390.36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Michael Munday</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,920</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.08</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.90</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$2,823.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" title="Christian Heritage Party of Canada">Christian Heritage</a></td> <td>Trevor Ennis</td> <td style="text-align:right;">257</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.62</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$123.50 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">41,215</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$81,056 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">154</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.37</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.04</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">41,369</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">59.13</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-3.92</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">69,960</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">-6.48 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:2006 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template 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style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,818</td> <td style="text-align:right;">49.36</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.86</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$54,533.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Alan Hill</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,798</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.43</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.52</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$15,656.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Rakesh Khosla</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,184</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.04</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.10</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$46,536.45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Thomas Trappenberg</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,406</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.18</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.43</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$642.68 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">44,206</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$75,552</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">147</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.33</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-0.02</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">44,353</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">63.05</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-0.46</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">70,349</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+2.69 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:2004 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template talk:2004 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2004 Canadian 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style="text-align:right;">19,083</td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.50</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.55</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$60,896.27 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Bill Carr</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,228</td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.95</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.12</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$33,350.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Ken MacPhee</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,413</td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.94</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-9.26</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$32,442.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Martin Willison</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,452</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.61</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$1,152.00 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">40,176</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$71,525</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">141</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.35</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">40,317</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">63.51</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+3.64</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">63,479</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white"> <td style="background:#EA6D6A; width: 16px"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>notional hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td align="right">+3.34 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><small>Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2000_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:2000 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2000_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template talk:2000 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2000 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_West" title="Halifax West">Halifax West</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,327</td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.21</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.32 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Earle" title="Gordon Earle">Gordon Earle</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,016</td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.99</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.64 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Charles Cirtwill</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,701</td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.76</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.70 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #5F9EA0; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Alliance</a></td> <td>Hilda Stevens</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,531</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.70</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Tony Seed</td> <td style="text-align:right;">160</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.34</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.19 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">46,735</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;color:black; border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+6.48 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:1997 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template talk:1997 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1997 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_West" title="Halifax West">Halifax West</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Earle" title="Gordon Earle">Gordon Earle</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,013</td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.63</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+26.23 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,284</td> <td style="text-align:right;">30.89</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-14.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Heather Foley</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,848</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.46</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td>Stephen Oickle</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,843</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.47</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-8.93 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>John Runkle</td> <td style="text-align:right;">179</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.39</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Gary Zatzman</td> <td style="text-align:right;">70</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.15</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">46,237</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td style="background:#F4A460;color:black; border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+20.48 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1993_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Template:1993 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:1993_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:1993 Canadian federal election/Halifax West (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1993_Canadian_federal_election/Halifax_West" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1993 Canadian federal election/Halifax West"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election" title="1993 Canadian federal election">1993 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_West" title="Halifax West">Halifax West</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geoff Regan</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">26 904</td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.62</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+7.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joel_Matheson" title="Joel Matheson">Joel Matheson</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14 005</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.75</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-21.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td>Jim Donohue</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,439</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.40</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Sheila Richardson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,952</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.40</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.85 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #48D1CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Canada" title="National Party of Canada">National</a></td> <td>Kirby Judge</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,201</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.04</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>Bernard Gormley</td> <td style="text-align:right;">475</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.81</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">58,976</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;color:black; 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