Author columnist Pat MacAdam dies at 80
We learned just this morning that author/columnist Pat Macadam died in Ottawa on May 19. Macadam, the author of Big “Cy” and Other Characters was a long-time columnist and Tory insider.
A farewell column in the Ottawa Sun (May 23) reads in part: “A quick rewind of the tape on Patrick MacAdam. A native Cape Bretoner, he had made his home in Ottawa since 1959, having paid his way through St. Francis Xavier University by writing for back home newspapers such as the Sydney Post-Record, the Halifax Chronicle Herald, and the Fredericton Daily Gleaner.
“He spent three summers in the Canadian Officers Training Corps at Ontario’s Camp Borden, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps.
“Pat MacAdam helped elect two prime ministers: John Diefenbaker and Brian Mulroney; and unload another in between, Joe Clark.
“He worked the public relations desk at Expo ’67 in Montreal, was director of promotions and public relations at CJOH-TV in Ottawa, the CTV affiliate, and produced Question Period for the station.”
Pat Macadam was 80.