Walter Cameron Nichol

Walter Cameron Nichol (* October 15, 1866 in Goderich, Ontario, † December 19, 1928 in Victoria) was a Canadian publisher and journalist. He was the owner and chief editor of the newspaper The Province, 1920-1926 Vice- Governor of the Province of British Columbia.

Biography

Nichol, the son of a lawyer, grew up in Hamilton. In 1881 he began his journalistic career at the newspaper Hamilton Spectator. He also gave 1882/83 Bicycle out, a monthly trade magazine for bicycles. In 1886 he moved to Toronto and worked for the Evening News. In December 1887, he founded the weekly Saturday Night with a focus on culture. After several disagreements with his partners he founded in 1888 the competing product life, but after only one year abandoned its appearance.

1889 Nichol returned back to Hamilton to work as a reporter for the Hamilton Herald newly established. In the course of seven years, he was promoted to editor in chief. In 1896 he founded in London ( Ontario), the newspaper news. But only a year later he moved to British Columbia because he hoped there better opportunities. He was in Victoria editor of the established by the House of Representatives Hewitt Bostock newspaper The Province. She next appeared a week and was a Muckraker publication that aggressive investigative journalism operation. James Dunsmuir, the richest man in the province, Nichol sued for libel, but lost the case.

In 1898 appeared The Province daily in Vancouver; three years later succeeded Nichol, to gain control of the newspaper. By 1910, The Province rose to the leading newspaper in British Columbia. Nichol delegated with time more and more editorial and publishing activities to delegates and devoted himself instead other business interests. In particular, he participated in numerous small and medium-sized companies in western Canada.

On December 25, 1920, a week after the unexpected death of Edward Gawler Prior, sworn Governor General Lord Devonshire Nichol as new Vice- Governor of British Columbia. This representative office he held until 24 February 1926. In 1923 he sold all the shares in his newspaper for a million dollars to William Southam. In 1925, he established a scholarship program for Canadian students in France, for which he received an honorary doctorates from the University of Paris, and was appointed by the French Government to honor Legionnaire.