Nathan Cooper (Canadian politician)

Nathan Cooper
Headshot of Nathan Cooper
Cooper in 2015
14th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Assumed office
May 21, 2019
Premier
Lieutenant Governor
DeputyAngela Pitt
Preceded byBob Wanner
Leader of the Opposition in Alberta
In office
July 24, 2017 – October 30, 2017
DeputyMike Ellis
Preceded byBrian Jean
Succeeded byJason Nixon
Leader of the United Conservative Party
Interim
In office
July 24, 2017 – October 30, 2017
DeputyMike Ellis
Preceded byBrian Jean (as leader of the Wildrose Party)
Jason Kenney (as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta)
Succeeded byJason Kenney
Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
Assumed office
May 5, 2015
Preceded byBruce Rowe
Personal details
Born
Nathan Matthew Cooper

1980 (age 43–44)
York, Ontario, Canada
Political partyUnited 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]

  1. ^ "Nathan M. Cooper | Cooper4Carstairs". Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  2. ^ "Member Information: Nathan Cooper". www.youcount.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  3. ^ Leavitt, Kieran (21 May 2019). "Alberta legislature's new Speaker named after United Conservative agenda laid out". The Toronto Star.