George Bain

Journalist, Deceased Person

1920 – 2006

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Who was George Bain?

George Charles Stewart Bain, OC, DLitt, was a Canadian journalist, and the first to be named a national affairs correspondent at any Canadian newspaper. Bain was described by Allan Fotheringham as being "the wittiest columnist ever to grace Ottawa," and Doug Fisher said that Bain was “the closest to the perfect columnist” and the columnist he tried to emulate.

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Born
Jan 29, 1920
Toronto
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Died
May 14, 2006
Halifax Regional Municipality

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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