Lorne Gunter is a senior columnist with the National Post and the Edmonton Journal.
A former managing editor of the now defunct Alberta Report, Lorne Gunter began his journalism career there in 1991, covering federal and provincial politics, including the entry of the Reform party onto that national scene, the 1992 round of constitutional talks that led to the Charlottetown referendum and Alberta's Klein revolution. An occasional panelist on the CBC's The National, Lorne is a regular contributor of commentaries for both CBC Radio and Global Television, as well as for several private radio services. He has published essays and opinion pieces in various newspapers and magazines, including The Globe and Mail, Readers' Digest, National Review, the Weekly Standard and others. He is a member of the editorial board of conservativeforum.org and the incoming president of Civitas - a society for conservative and libertarian academics, think-tankers, lobbyists and journalists.
A native of Medicine Hat, Alta., Lorne is a graduate of the University of Alberta, is married, and has two young children.