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Introduction
Andrew Coyne is a Canadian columnist with The Globe and Mail and a member of the At Issue panel on CBC’s The National. Previously, he has been a national editor for Maclean’s and a columnist with National Post.
Early life
| Name | Andrew Coyne |
| Net Worth | $4 million |
| Occupation | Journalist, Columnist |
| Height | 1.75m |
| Age | 61 years |
James Andrew Coyne was born on December 23, 1960 (age 61 years) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Hope Meribeth Cameron Stobie and James Elliott Coyne, who was governor of the Bank of Canada from 1955 to 1961. His paternal great-grandfather was historian and lawyer James Henry Coyne. His sister is actress Susan Coyne. He is also the cousin of constitutional lawyer Deborah Coyne, who is the mother of Pierre Trudeau’s youngest child.
Coyne graduated from Kelvin High School in Winnipeg. Coyne studied at the University of Manitoba where he became the editor of The Manitoban student newspaper. He also spent two years reporting for the Winnipeg Sun.
In 1981, Coyne transferred to the University of Toronto’s Trinity College, where his classmates included Jim Balsillie, Malcolm Gladwell, Tony Clement, Nigel Wright, Patricia Pearson, Atom Egoyan, and author and political strategist John Duffy. He received a BA in economics and history from Trinity. Coyne then went to the London School of Economics, where he received his master’s degree in economics.
Career
Andrew Coyne joined The Globe and Mail’s editorial board after a six-year period as a Financial Post columnist from 1985 to 1991. There, Coyne won two consecutive National Newspaper Awards for his work. He had a regular column in the Globe between 1994 and 1996 when he joined Southam News (later CanWest News Service) as a nationally syndicated columnist.
Coyne became a columnist with the National Post – the successor to the Financial Post – when it launched in 1998. Coyne left the Post in 2007 to work at Maclean’s.
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He left Maclean’s in 2011 to return to the Post as a columnist. In December 2014, he was appointed to the position of Editor, Editorials and Comment. After years of writing a weekly Saturday column, Coyne’s contribution was absent from the edition published just prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election, because the column he wanted to submit called for a vote against the Conservative Party of Canada while the Post’s editorial board had endorsed the Conservatives.
While Andrew Coyne was the head of the editorial board, the decision to endorse the Conservatives was made by the newspaper’s publisher Paul Godfrey. On election day, Coyne announced that as a result of the paper refusing to run his election column, he was resigning as the Post’s editorial page and comment editor but would remain as a columnist.
Andrew Coyne has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Saturday Night, the now-defunct Canadian edition of Time, and other publications. Coyne has also written for the conservative magazine The Next City.
Coyne has been a longtime member of the At Issue panel on CBC’s The National, where he appeared as early as 2012 on the day of Peter Mansbridge. His role on the panel hosted by CBC Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton has made him a household name appearing every Thursday evening alongside panelists Chantal Hébert and Althia Raj.
In November 2019, Andrew Coyne announced that he would henceforth be employed by The Globe and Mail.
Political views
Andrew Coyne has said that he considers the political labels “left” and “right” to be “tribes” of “self-quarantine.” He has endorsed a strong federal government, more market-based economic solutions, and a stronger role for Canada in the War on Terror.
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Coyne is also a proponent of proportional representation in the House of Commons of Canada and believes Canada should remain a constitutional monarchy rather than become a republic. He advocated for forgiveness to move on from previous mistakes when politicians get into their news for their misdeeds.
Wife
Andrew Coyne is currently single and not married. Her wife or partner is unknown to the general public. Coyne has kept his personal life secret from his media career. However, his salary for 2022 ranges from $72,574 to $475,483, but with bonuses, benefits and various other compensation, he made significantly more than his salary in the year 2020.
Andrew Coyne net worth
How much is Andrew Coyne worth? Andrew Coyne net worth is estimated at around $4 million. His main source of income is from his career as a columnist and journalist. Coyne successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is one of the richest and influential columnists in Canada.