John Kenneth Gormley
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John Kenneth Gormley, QC (born August 2, 1957) is a Canadian radio talk show host, lawyer and author.
Life and career
He was born in Singapore, where his father was serving as a Captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) during the Malayan Emergency and his mother was a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC). Gormley's parents emigrated to Saskatchewan in 1960, settling in Battleford, northwest of Saskatoon.
He completed high school at St. Thomas College and was introduced to broadcasting as a teenager, spending a year working at radio station CJNB North Battleford. He later enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan and studied English. In 1977, Gormley began working at CKOM Saskatoon as a reporter and newsreader. He began hosting a talk show and later moved his show to CFQC Saskatoon.
Gormley was elected in the 1984 Canadian election to the House of Commons as Progressive Conservative MP for the electoral district of The Battlefords—Meadow Lake. In his last year as a Member of Parliament, he served as chairman of the Commons Standing Committee on Communications and Culture.
Defeated in the 1988 election, Gormley studied law at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law.
Since 1998, he has been host of John Gormley Live, heard weekday mornings on Rawlco Radio's News Talk 650 CKOM in Saskatoon and News Talk 980 CJME in Regina.
During the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, Gormley tweeted "Me: Next guy in a Western democracy who chants 'Allah Ahkbar' we shoot. Wife: Don't be this way. #angry" He deleted the tweet shortly after and apologized.[1] A group of professors at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law condemned Gormley for the tweet, and more than 2,000 people signed petitions calling for him to resign as a radio talk show host and newspaper columnist.[2][3]
References
- ^ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/local-muslims-not-expecting-backlash.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "U of S professors pen open letter on Gormley tweet". CTV Saskatoon. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Petitions call for Gormley's resignation". CTV Saskatoon. 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- https://leaderpost.com/news/broadcaster+makes+waves/7990661/story.html
- https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2011/december/22/2011-queens-counsel-appointments
External links
- News Talk 650 - Radio Station with content for the "John Gormley Live" show
- John Kenneth Gormley – Parliament of Canada biography
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