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About Francis John Deane
- Francis John Deane (August 8, 1867 – April 10, 1913) was a newspaper publisher and political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Yale-North in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1898 to 1900. He was born in Madras, India, the son of Francis J.
- Deane, and was educated in Bruges, Belgium.
- Deane worked as a farm labourer in Minnesota and the Canadian prairies before coming to British Columbia in 1889.
- He worked for the Nanaimo Free Press and the Victoria Province before becoming editor and managing director of the Kamloops Inland Sentinel.
- He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900.
- In 1902, Deane purchased the Nelson Daily Miner, later renamed the Daily News.In 1894, Canadian Pacific (CP) had acquired the Canadian rights to the Associated Press wire service.
- Existing news report services which included Canadian news were discontinued and the new service was offered at a higher price.
- This led to the creation of the Western Associated Press, based in Winnipeg.
- However, newspapers further west were limited by CP's control of telegraph services.
- Deane complained in print about the unreliability and high price of CP's wire service.
- CP threatened to discontinue service if the complaints continue.
- Finally, in October 1907, following an appeal to Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier by a group of publishers of newspapers in Western Canada including Deane, a compromise was reached.In 1908, he sold the Nelson newspaper and became owner and managing editor of the weekly Cranbrook Herald.
- Deane died of heart failure in New Westminster at the age of 45.
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