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'''Francis John Deane''' (8 August 1867<ref name="magurn"/> &ndash; 10 April 1913<ref name="welwood"/>) 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.<br />
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He was born in [[Chennai|Madras]], [[India]], the son of Francis J. Deane, and was educated in [[Bruges]], [[Belgium]].<ref name="magurn"/> Deane worked as a farm labourer in [[Minnesota]] and the Canadian prairies before coming to British Columbia in 1889. He worked for the [[Nanaimo, British Columbia|Nanaimo]] ''Free Press'' and the [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] ''Province'' <ref name="welwood">{{cite journal |url=http://www.bchistory.ca/publications/journal/oldjournals/41.1_2008.pdf |title=Telegraph Tyranny: F.J. Deane vs. Canadian Pacific Telegraph |last=Welwood |first=R.J. |volume=41 |issue=1 |journal=British Columbia Historical News |pages=12–18 |accessdate=2011-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004100657/http://www.bchistory.ca/publications/journal/oldjournals/41.1_2008.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before becoming editor and managing director of the [[Kamloops, British Columbia|Kamloops]] ''Inland Sentinel''.<ref name="magurn">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/parliamentarygu00unkngoog/parliamentarygu00unkngoog_djvu.txt |page=242 |title=The Parliamentary Guide and Work of General Reference for Canada ... |year=1898 |last=Magurn |first=Arnott J |accessdate=2011-08-23}}</ref> He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900. In 1902, Deane purchased the [[Nelson, British Columbia|Nelson]] ''Daily Miner'', later renamed the ''Daily News''.<ref name="welwood"/><br />
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In 1894, [[Canadian Pacific Railway|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.<ref name="welwood"/><br />
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In 1908, he sold the Nelson newspaper and became owner and managing editor of the weekly [[Cranbrook, British Columbia|Cranbrook]] ''Herald''. Deane died of heart failure in [[New Westminster, British Columbia|New Westminster]] at the age of 45.<ref name="welwood"/><br />
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