The Toronto Daily Telegraph Explained

The Toronto Daily Telegraph was a conservative newspaper founded by John Ross Robertson in 1866 after he left The Globe, a Liberal-leaning paper, to establish a Conservative-leaning paper.^[1]

Launched on May 21, 1866, it initially ran a daily and evening version and was a pro-British voice against increasing American influence a year before Confederation.^[1]

The paper was never profitable and debt led to the folding of the morning edition in May 1872.^[1] The paper's debt woes continued; unable to obtain financial support from the Conservative elite in Toronto, the broadsheet folded in June 1872.^{[2] [1]}

Robertson returned to The Globe and later established the successor to the Telegraph, Toronto Telegram, in 1876.

See also

Other conservative papers before and after the Telegraph:

• The Mail and Empire 1895–
  • The Toronto Mail 1872–1895
  • Toronto Empire 1887–1895
• The Toronto World 1880–1924
• Toronto Leader
• Toronto Telegram 1876–1971
• Toronto Sun 1971–present
• National Post 1998–present

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historicist: The Telegraph and the Early Career of John Ross Robertson. Torontoist. 27 August 2016. 15 April 2018.
2. Web site: Toronto newspapers of the past (and present). 15 April 2018.