Throughout his distinguished 50-year career, which included stints as publisher of the Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette and Ottawa Citizen, he was driven by a sense of mission
Robert Stanfield, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. left, with Clark Davey, managing editor of The Globe and Mail, centre, and Geoffrey Stevens, Globe Ottawa columnist, in 1976.On the evening of Friday, Feb. 15, 1974, after the next day’s paper had been put to bed, The Globe and Mail’s managing editor, Clark Davey, marshalled his editorial troops and led them out the door of the old newsroom on Toronto’s King Street W. one last time.
Mr. Davey distinguished himself covering the planning and construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway through most of the 1950s, as well as John Diefenbaker’s successful 1957 federal election campaign. He became close with Mr. Diefenbaker, going on a post-election fishing trip to Lac La Ronge, Sask. with the prime minister-to-be and two other reporters, as well as another such trip to Yukon after the snap election the following April.
The hard-driving lifestyle took a toll. In the fall of 1969, Mr. Davey’s doctor diagnosed myocardial ischemia, a partial blockage of arteries, and gave him two options: change his ways or die. Mr. Davey chose the former, adopting a physical fitness regimen – including 200 step-ups a day – and cutting back on food and drink. It did the trick.
But Mr. Davey was not simply interested in the facts: He urged his reporters to adopt a more intimate writing style that incorporated subjectivity and flair. As Mr. Hayes wrote: “ ‘Take me by the hand,’ Davey would challenge, echoing Joseph Conrad. ‘Make me see the same things you see, taste the same things you taste, smell the same things you smell …’ ”
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