Ken Cooper

Ken Cooper is a Canadian politician who was the Conservative Party candidate for St. Boniface riding in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections

Cooper has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Manitoba, and a Master's Degree in business administration from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He has worked as a project manager for Imperial Oil, and has served as chief executive of the Winnipeg Stock Exchange and Inland Trust in Winnipeg. At the time of the 2004 election, Cooper was currently a managing director of Winnipeg Angel Organization and McLeod Harvest, and a governor of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Cooper was a member of the PC Manitoba Fund board for several years, and assisted the provincial and federal Progressive Conservative parties in a number of campaigns. [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/222/] The 2004 election was his first as a candidate. He received 11,956 votes (30.98%), finishing second against Liberal Raymond Simard. This was regarded as a credible showing in an area which is historically safe for the Liberals.

In early 2005, Cooper defeated Ed Sarna to win the Conservative nomination for the 2006 federal election. He was 61 years old at the time of the nomination meeting ("Winnipeg Free Press", 17 May 2005).He again lost to Raymond Simard in the 2006 campaign.