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Alexander Charles Bertram (1852 – August 30, 1908) born in the year 1852 in
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, to John Bertram a farmer and Mary Ann. He was a newspaperman from
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. Bertram started his journalism career in 1866 with the ''Summerside Journal and Western Pioneer'' in
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where he stayed for five years. His next move was to
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where he worked for a major newspapers. He moved to the ''North Sydney Herald'' in Nova Scotia and, by 1875, became the owner. He rapidly expanded the newspaper which also earned a reputation for its political coverage. His skills as a reporter were particularly reflected in the parliamentary news which he covered himself. Bertram was president of the Nova Scotia Press Association for a time which reflected his stature within his profession as did his presidency of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa. He was a prominent citizen of
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and served as the mayor for a term. He was also a political power broker for the
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area and influenced
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in many of his important appointments.


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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
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