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ROBERT BOTHWELL
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Winnipeg Free Press
Author: ROBERT BOTHWELL
Founded asThe Manitoba Free Press by W.F. Luxton in 1872, the newspaper displayed a distinct Liberal preference from its earliest days. It was purchase in 1898 by CliffordSIFTON , a prominent Liberal politician and Cabinet minister, and thereafter was the organ of the Liberal Party on the Prairies. In 1901 Sifton appointed a young journalist from Montral, John W.DAFOE , as editor. Even after Sifton's departure from the Laurier Cabinet in 1905, theFree Press continued to support Laurier, and in 1911 it opposed its owner's personal preference by championing Laurier ...