Sir John Stephen Willison

Born at Hills Green, Willison, as editor of the Toronto Globe (1890-1902), made it the most influential organ of Liberalism in Canada. Disenchanted with the policies of the Laurier ministry, he resigned from the Globe in 1902 and took over the independent Toronto News. His support of the Conservatives in the election of 1911 lost him his Liberal readers and the News ceased publication in 1917, Willison becoming Canadian correspondent for the London Times. Among his several books, Sir Wildrid Laurier and the Liberal Party (1903; rev, ed. 1926) is generally considered to be the most significant. He died in Toronto.

Né à Hills Green, Willison fit du Globe de Toronto, dont il fut rédacteur en chef (1890-1902), le plus influent organe libéral du Canada. Déçu par la politique du Cabinet Laurier, il quitta le Globe en 1902 pour le News, journal indépendent de Toronto. Pour avoir appuyé les conservateurs dans l’élection de 1911, il perdit ses lecteurs libéraux et le News cessa de paraître en 1917. Willison devint correspondant au Canada du Times de Londres. II publia plusieurs ouvrages, dont le plus important est Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party. Willison est décédé à Toronto.