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Peter Mansbridge

ピーター・マンスブリッジ　/　ぴーたー・まんすぶりっじ

Journalist from United Kingdom

July 6, 1948 (age 77)　・　London, United Kingdom

journalist
news presenter

My Take

Peter Mansbridge embodies something I genuinely revere: trust earned over decades. Anchoring CBC's The National from 1988 to 2017, he was the steady face millions of Canadians turned to each night, a continuity that is almost unimaginable in today's fragmented media. London-born and made an Officer of the Order of Canada, he became a kind of national conscience. I am drawn less to flash than to the discipline of showing up, night after night, to deliver the truth plainly. Mansbridge's quiet authority is a reminder that credibility is built slowly, and that patient consistency is its own form of greatness.

Overview

Peter Mansbridge (born July 6, 1948) is an English-born Canadian retired news anchor. From 1988 to 2017, he was chief correspondent for CBC News and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. He was also host of CBC News Network's Mansbridge One on One.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Peter Mansbridge
Name (Japanese): ピーター・マンスブリッジ
Reading: ぴーたー・まんすぶりっじ
Born: July 6, 1948 (age 77)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rat
Origin: London, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: journalist / news presenter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2008 Officer of the Order of Canada
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Member of the Order of Canada

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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