Nathan Cooper | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Nathan_Cooper,_MLA.jpg) Cooper in 2015 | |
| 14th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| Assumed office May 21, 2019 | |
| Premier | |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Deputy | Angela Pitt |
| Preceded by | Bob Wanner |
| Leader of the Opposition in Alberta | |
| In office July 24, 2017 – October 30, 2017 | |
| Deputy | Mike Ellis |
| Preceded by | Brian Jean |
| Succeeded by | Jason Nixon |
| Leader of the United Conservative Party | |
Interim | |
| In office July 24, 2017 – October 30, 2017 | |
| Deputy | Mike Ellis |
| Preceded by | Brian Jean (as leader of the Wildrose Party) Jason Kenney (as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta) |
| Succeeded by | Jason Kenney |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | |
| Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Rowe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nathan Matthew Cooper 1980 (age 43–44) York, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | United Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Wildrose (until 2017) |
| Residence(s) | Olds, Alberta, Canada |
Nathan Matthew Cooper MLA (born 1980) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills in the 29th, 30th, and 31st Alberta Legislatures. Cooper was a municipal councillor in Carstairs, Alberta prior to being elected to the Legislative Assembly. Cooper also served as Chief of Staff to the Wildrose Official Opposition caucus.[1][2]
On July 24, 2017, Cooper was elected interim leader of the new United Conservative Party caucus, becoming the Leader of the Opposition in that process. On that same date, he and his interim leadership team nominally assumed the leaderships of the two parties that merged to form the UCP, the Progressive Conservatives and Wildrose. At the time, Alberta electoral law did not allow parties to formally merge. On 28 October 2017, Cooper's tenure as interim leader ended when former PC leader Jason Kenney was elected as the UCP's first full-time leader.
Cooper was first elected to serve as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on May 21, 2019.[3]
- ^ "Nathan M. Cooper | Cooper4Carstairs". Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ^ "Member Information: Nathan Cooper". www.youcount.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ Leavitt, Kieran (21 May 2019). "Alberta legislature's new Speaker named after United Conservative agenda laid out". The Toronto Star.