One of the most important political journalists of his generation is celebrating his birthday today. David Cochrane, the widely respected host of CBC’s Power and Politics, was born on this date in 1973 in Newfoundland.
He covered politics in his home province for 20 years before joining the Parliamentary Press Gallery in 2016. He developed a pan-Canadian audience, in particular, after the senior role he played in his network’s coverage of the 2019 and 2021 federal election campaigns. As host of Power and Politics today, Cochrane is a model of fairness and professionalism.
Happy birthday from Art’s History Mr. Cochrane!
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.