John Medway Day

In 1870–71 he was the chair of the South Australian Baptist Association, but in 1875 he left the ministry to become a journalist for the Register.

He was acting editor for the paper in 1883–84, attracting some controversy for his views on land nationalisation.

A strong reformist, he delivered many lectures on topics including land reform, women's suffrage, trade unionism and electoral politics.

He ran unsuccessfully for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Gumeracha in 1893, and later in the year a loose coalition had coalesced around him, the "Forward Movement", which included members from a wide variety of progressive causes.

In 1904 he moved to Hobart to edit the Tasmanian Mail, but he died the following year having suffered an intestinal obstruction.