Andrew Burchill Lynch (December 27, 1941 – February 24, 2001) was an early partner and, later, publisher of ''

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'', a left-wing alternative weekly newspaper in

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, Canada. From the late 1970s to mid-1980s Lynch operated ''Monday Magazine'' alongside founding publisher Gene Miller and third partner George Heffelfinger. When Miller sold his one-third interest in the publication in 1988, Lynch and Heffelfinger continued on as partners. As publisher, Lynch maintained a prominent role in the overall operations of ''Monday''. In the 1990s Lynch faced increasing pressure from media conglomerate Island Publishers Ltd. which sought to assume control of the independent weekly. When ''Monday Magazine'' was finally purchased by media baron

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's Island Publishers Ltd., in 1996, Lynch moved on and embedded himself as a reporter covering the B.C. Legislature. In 1997, he founded ''The Lynch Report on B.C. Politics'', a newsletter covering the ins and outs of the

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. Rich Coleman,

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for

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, regarded Lynch's newsletter as "required reading" for MLAs. Shortly after founding of the Lynch Report, Lynch was elected by his peers as president of the B.C. Legislature Press Gallery. He remained president until his death in February 2001.

Personal life

Lynch was the son of Canadian journalist and author Charles Lynch and the maternal grandson of

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journalist and poet Andrew D. Merkel. Lynch died from cancer in 2001.Los Angeles Times, February 27 2001
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