Edward Goff Penny (15 May 1820 – 11 October 1881) was an English-Canadian journalist, businessman, and politician.
Born in Islington (now part of London), England, Penny moved to Canada in 1844, settling in Montreal, Quebec and joined the Montreal Herald as a reporter.
[1] Penny would become editor-in-chief and a co-owner of the newspaper, taking it to "its height of success".
In 1874, he was the first newspaper reporter appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Alma, Quebec.
This article about a Quebec Member of the Canadian Senate is a stub.