ViewpointsOpinionGeorge Brown: From Newspaper Entrepreneur to Father of Confederation (Part 1)SavePrintHon. George Brown (1818–1880) newspaperman, politician, and one of the fathers of Confederation. Public DomainC.P. Champion3/28/2025|Updated: 4/11/20250:00X 1CommentaryPart 2 of this article can be read here.Share this articleLeave a commentC.P. ChampionAuthorC.P. Champion, Ph.D., is the author of two books, was a fellow of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University in 2021, and edits The Dorchester Review magazine, which he founded in 2011.Author’s Selected ArticlesLeonard Tilley: The Father of Confederation Who Proposed Calling Canada a ‘Dominion’Jul 18, 2025The Real Father of ManitobaJul 04, 2025‘Noble Chain of Provinces’: More ‘Fathers’ of ConfederationJun 20, 2025The Other Fathers of ConfederationJun 06, 2025