Andrew Coyne

Andrew Coyne
Andrew Coyne, October 2016
Born	James Andrew Coyne (1960-12-23) December 23, 1960 (age 56) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Manitoba Trinity College, Toronto London School of Economics
Occupation	Journalist, editor
Relatives	James Elliott Coyne, father Susan Coyne, sister Deborah Coyne, cousin James Henry Coyne, great-grandfather

James Andrew Coyne (born December 23, 1960) is a Canadian columnist with the National Post and a member of the At Issue panel on CBC's The National. Previously, he has been national editor for Maclean's and a columnist with the Globe and Mail.

Coyne was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Hope Meribeth Cameron (née Stobie) and James Coyne, who was governor of the Bank of Canada from 1955 to 1961. His paternal great-grandfather was historian and lawyer James Henry Coyne. His sister is actress Susan Coyne. He is also the cousin of constitutional lawyer Deborah Coyne, who is the mother of Pierre Trudeau's youngest child.

Coyne graduated from Kelvin High School in Winnipeg. Coyne studied at the University of Manitoba where he became the editor of The Manitoban student newspaper. He also spent two years reporting for the Winnipeg Sun. In 1981, Coyne transferred to the University of Toronto's Trinity College, where his classmates included Jim Balsillie, Malcolm Gladwell, Tony Clement, Nigel Wright, Patricia Pearson, Atom Egoyan, and author and political strategist John Duffy. He received a BA in economics and history from Trinity. Coyne then went to the London School of Economics, where he received his master's degree in economics.