O'Regan not seeking re-election, resigns cabinet post

Minister Seamus O'Regan will be resigning from cabinet but plans to stay on as an MP until the next election at which time he will not seek re-election.

O'Regan is the MP for St. John's South—Mount Pearl. He was first elected in 2015 and served in several minister portfolios. He is currently the Minister of Labour.

Before he entered politics, O'Regan was a correspondent with CTV National News, and a host of Canada AM.