Grant Dexter

Grant Dexter (1896-1961), was one of Canada's most influential journalists in the mid-20th century. Dexter spent his entire career with the Winnipeg Free Press, which he joined at the age of 16. He spent much of his career in Ottawa as the Free Press' Parliamentary Bureau Chief, but returned to Winnipeg in the 1950s for a short stint as the paper's editor-in-chief.Dexter was very well-connected to official Ottawa. He sent detailed memoranda on politics and Ottawa intrigues to his employers. These have been preserved at Queen's University and a collection of his wartime memoranda has been published. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002273]