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 ArticlesThe Men Who Made British ColumbiaAug 15, 2025Leonard 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, 2025