MP Seamus O'Regan enters 'wellness program' for 'alcohol-free lifestyle,' tweets say

Seamus O'Regan, the newly elected Liberal MP for St. John's South-Mount Pearl, hasentered a "wellness program" so he can adopt an "alcohol-free lifestyle," according to a public message sent from his Twitter account on Sunday.

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Liberal MP O'Regan enters 'wellness program' for 'alcohol-free lifestyle,' tweets say

"I've decided after consultation with family that I can be most effective as a Member of Parliament by adopting an alcohol-free lifestyle," he wrote in a series of four tweets.

O'Regansaid he entered the program over the holiday break, but will return to his parliamentary duties before the end of the month.

O'Regan ousted NDP incumbent Ryan Cleary in theSt. John's South-Mount Pearl ridingback in October, in asweep that put the Liberals in government.

Touted throughout the campaign as a star candidate for the Liberals, O'Regan is a close friend of Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau, who tweeted his support for the MP on Sunday evening.

Before making the move to politics, heco-hostedCTV'sCanada AMfor nearly a decade.