Gordon Donaldson (journalist)

Archibald Gordon Clark Donaldson (18 August 1926 – June 2001) was a Scottish-Canadian[1] author and journalist.

[4] Between 1963 and 1966 he was based in Washington, D.C. while working for the Toronto Telegram, and while in Texas the United States Secret Service restrained him for coming near U.S. President Lyndon B.

[1] As a television producer, Donaldson's credits included The Military Man (1970) on the Canadian Forces during the Pearson-Trudeau years.

His biographies on the Prime Ministers of Canada, contained in a single volume, was published in 1969 under the title Fifteen Men.

"[5] One critic recommended The Prime Ministers of Canada for students, saying it was "straightforward and thoroughly enjoyable," and "accessible and helpful.

[3] In the latter position in 1999, he added Conrad Black to the Hall of Fame, being quoted by the press as saying that Black "opened a new page in Canadian journalism history, when he launched a national daily newspaper [The National Post] to flourish from coast to coast.