John Cole

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John Cole (politician)

John E. Cole (born 4 August 1942 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an optometrist by career.

He represented the Ontario riding of York—Simcoe where he was elected in the 1988 federal election and served in the 34th Canadian Parliament. Cole left federal politics in the 1993 federal election after his defeat to Karen Kraft Sloan of the Liberal party.

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John Cole (journalist)

John Morrison Cole (23 November 1927 – 7 November 2013) was a British journalist and broadcaster. He served as deputy editor of The Guardian and The Observer and, from 1981 to 1992, was the BBC's political editor.Donald Macintyre, in an obituary in The Independent, describes him as "the most recognisable and respected broadcast political journalist since World War II."

Early life

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1927 to George Cole, an electrical engineer, and his wife Alice. The family were Unionist Protestants. He was educated at the Belfast Royal Academy.

Career

Print journalism

Cole started his career in print journalism in 1945, aged 17, joining the Belfast Telegraph as a reporter and industrial correspondent. He subsequently worked as a political reporter for the paper. He gained a scoop when he interviewed then-prime minister, Clement Attlee, who was holidaying in Ireland.

He joined The Guardian, then the Manchester Guardian, in 1956, reporting on industrial issues. He transferred to the London office in 1957 as the paper's labour correspondent. Appointed news editor in 1963, he took on the task of reorganising the paper's "amateurish" system for gathering news. He headed opposition to a proposed merger with The Times in the mid-1960s, and later served as deputy editor under Alastair Hetherington. When Hetherington left in 1975, Cole was in the running for the editorship, but failed to secure the post, for reasons which may have included his commitment to the cause of unionism in Northern Ireland, as well as what was seen by some as inflexibility and a lack of flair. Unwilling to continue at The Guardian, Cole then joined The Observer as deputy editor under Donald Trelford, remaining there for six years.