Editing Geoff Regan (section)

==Early life and career==
Regan was born in [[Windsor, Nova Scotia]]. He is the son of [[Gerald Regan]], the 19th [[premier of Nova Scotia]] and Cabinet Minister under [[Pierre Trudeau]], and Carole Harrison, the daughter of [[John Harrison (Canadian politician)|John Harrison]], a member of Parliament from [[Saskatchewan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Meet Geoff Regan, the new Speaker of the House of Commons|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-house-geoff-regan-liberal-mp-1.3349744|publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date = December 4, 2015}}</ref> He is the brother of [[Nancy Regan]], a retired television personality with [[CTV Atlantic|ATV]], and [[Laura Regan]], an actress.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

Regan graduated from [[Sackville High School]] in 1977 and then earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Political Science from [[St. Francis Xavier University]] in 1980. Following university, Regan went on to earn a law degree from [[Dalhousie University]], 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.

Regan was a member of [[Toastmasters]] for almost ten years, in the late 1980s to early 1990s.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Meet Geoff Regan, Canada's Speaker of the House of Commons|journal=The Toastmaster|issue=August 2016|pages=16–19|url=https://www.toastmasters.org/Magazine/Articles/Meet-Geoff-Regan|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>