Robert Chambers Edwards (September 17, 1860[1] : 6  – November 14, 1922) was a Canadian newsman, humorist, editorialist, entrepreneur, and provincial politician.

His father, Alexander Mackenzie Edwards FRSE, an Edinburgh surgeon and medical author, died in 1868 while on a world cruise.

[6][7][8] Through this outlet he poked fun at local politicians, government officials, clergymen and other well-known Calgary residents, and even invented fictitious people to lampoon.

[9] Edwards took to publishing negative stories on the Canadian Pacific Railway and those employed by the organization, including R. B. Bennett and CPR Western Superintendent John Stoughton Dennis.

[10] Edwards took care to publish any stories and photographs of CPR train wrecks, with an emphasis on those occurring in downtown Calgary.

Originally supporting Alberta Theatre Projects as a fundraising luncheon, in 2012 the event moved to the Calgary Public Library Foundation as their signature gala.