Kelly Regan

Kelly Maureen Regan (née Smith; born 4 February 1961) is a Canadian politician who served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 to 2024, most recently as the MLA for Bedford Basin.

Regan moved to Nova Scotia in 1984 where she began working at CFDR-AM as a reporter covering municipal politics.

Her journalism career continued as news director at ATV / ASN for seven years where she won two awards for health documentaries.

She is also a founding member of the Nova Scotia chapter of Equal Voice, a multi-partisan group dedicated to increasing the number of women elected in Canada.

Regan married her husband Geoff, who was the Member of Parliament for Halifax West, in December 1993, and has three children, Caitlin, Nicole, and Harrison.