John Kenneth Gormley

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John Kenneth Gormley (born August 2, 1957) is a Canadian radio talk show host.

He was born in Singapore, where his father was serving as a medical officer with the British Army during the Malayan Emergency. His parents emigrated to Saskatchewan in 1960, settling in Battleford, northwest of Saskatoon.

After receiving elementary and secondary education in Battleford, he enrolled in St. Thomas College and the University of Saskatchewan. Gormley studied English and intended to apply to law school, but (in his words) "detoured into radio" in 1977, working at radio stations CKOM and later CFQC (both in Saskatoon) as a reporter and newsreader.

Following his first career in radio broadcasting, he 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. During his time in politics, he served as chairman of the Commons Standing Committee on Communications and Culture (1988). Defeated in the 1988 election, Gormley studied law at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, graduated with distinction, and then practised employment law in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a member of the Law Societies of both Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Since 1998, he has been host of John Gormley Live, heard weekday mornings on Rawlco Radio's News Talk 650 in Saskatoon and News Talk 980 in Regina.

Gormley said in a 1999 interview he considered himself to be on the "progressive" side of the Progressive Conservative party. Notable in his radio career has been his defence and plainspoken explanation of longstanding treaties between the Crown and the First Nations.

In addition to hosting his radio show, he writes a weekly column in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix newspaper, does television commentaries for CTV and has taught in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan.