Geoffrey Paul "Geoff" Regan, PC, MP (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian politician. He has the prenomial "the Honourable" and the postnomial "PC" for life by virtue of being made a privy councillor and a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Regan was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia. He grew up in a strong political family. He is the son of Carole (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotia Premier and Federal Cabinet Minister, Gerald Regan. His maternal grandfather was a Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan. His wife Kelly Regan is a provincial MLA. Two of his sisters are also well-known: Nancy Regan was a well-known local television personality with ATV, and Laura Regan is an actress.

Regan is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Halifax West since 2000, and from 1993 to 1997. Regan earned his B.A. in political science from St. Francis Xavier University in 1980. Following his time at St. FX, 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.

Stephen Joseph Harper, PC MP (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election. He is the first prime minister from the newly reconstituted Conservative Party, following a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.

Harper has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Calgary Southwest in Alberta since 2002. Earlier, from 1993 to 1997, he was the MP for Calgary West. He was one of the founding members of the Reform Party, but did not seek re-election, and instead joined, and shortly thereafter led, the National Citizens Coalition. In 2002, he succeeded Stockwell Day as leader of the Canadian Alliance (the successor to the Reform Party) and returned to parliament as Leader of the Opposition. In 2003, he reached an agreement with Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay for the merger of their two parties to form the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected as the party's first non-interim leader in March 2004.

Daurene E. Lewis, CM is a Canadian politician and educator.

Born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Lewis is a descendant of freed Loyalist African Americans who settled in Annapolis Royal in 1783. She is a descendant of Rose Fortune, a Virginian who became the first female police officer in North America

In 1984, Lewis was elected Mayor of Annapolis Royal, making her the first female black mayor in Canada.

Lewis attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1988 election, making an unsuccessful bid to represent Annapolis West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Liberal Party. She was the first black woman in Nova Scotia to run in a provincial election.

Trained as a Registered Nurse, Lewis holds a Diploma in Teaching in Schools of Nursing from Dalhousie University, a Masters of Business Administration from Saint Mary's University, and in 1993 was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University.She has 30 years experience in health care

In 1994 Lewis was added to the Nova Scotia Black Cultural Centre Wall of Honour. In 1995, she was recipient of the United Nations Global Citizenship Award. In 1998 she received the Progress Club of Halifax Woman of Excellence award for Public Affairs and Communication.