Andrew Burchill Lynch

Infobox Writer
name = Andrew Burchill Lynch
birthdate = birth date|1941|12|27|mf=y
birthplace = Toronto, Ontario
deathdate = death date and age|2002|2|24|1941|12|27|mf=y
deathplace = Victoria, British Columbia
occupation = Publisher, Journalist
nationality = Canadian
subject = Politics, Media

Andrew Burchill Lynch (December 27, 1941–February 24, 2001) was co-founder and publisher of "Monday Magazine", a left-wing alternative weekly newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

From the late 1970s to mid-1980s Lynch operated "Monday Magazine" alongside co-founders Gene Miller and George Heffelfinger. When Miller sold his one-third interest in the publication in 1988, Lynch and Heffelfinger continued on as partners. As publisher, Lynch maintained a prominent role in the overall operations of "Monday". In the 1990s Lynch faced increasing pressure from media conglomerate Island Publishers Ltd. which sought to assume control of the independent weekly.

When "Monday Magazine" was finally purchased by media baron David Holmes Black's Island Publishers Ltd., in 1996, Lynch moved on and embedded himself as a reporter in the B.C. Legislature. In 1997, he founded "The Lynch Report on B.C. Politics", a newsletter covering the ins and outs of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia "The Lynch Report" remained in production until his death from cancer in 2001. Rich Coleman, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Langley-Aldergrove, regarded Lynch's newsletter as "required reading" for MLAs [ [http://www.leg.bc.ca/HANSARD/37th2nd/h10801p.htm Hansard - Wednesday, August 1, 2001] ] .

He was president of the B.C. Legislature Press Gallery.

Lynch came from strong media stock. He was the son of acclaimed Canadian journalist and author Charles Lynch and the maternal grandson of Canadian Press journalist and poet Andrew D. Merkel.

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