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Everyone’s an East Coaster for one night at Speaker Regan’s Kingsmere kitchen party

It was a busy week for parties overall, doubly so for the Parliamentarians that went to both the parties for media and their own 'in-camera' versions of parties that were kept on the down-low to escape those pesky journalists.

About 300 attendees made the trek out to Speaker of the House of Commons Geoff Regan's official residence, the Kingsmere Farm in Gatineau, Que., or a night of East Coast hospitality, including CTV Mercedes Stephenson and Chief Government Whip Andrew Leslie. The Hill Times Photo by Rachel Aiello

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

June 13, 2016

KINGSMERE, QUE—Spirits were high and the scotch was flowing Wednesday night at House Speaker Geoff Regan’s "kitchen party" at the Speaker's historic Kingsmere Farm residence tucked into the Gatineau hills. It’s an annual tradition for the House Speaker to host MPs, Senato...

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