Quick Facts
Biography
Nathan Mathew Cooper (born 1980) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 and 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills in the 29th and 30th 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.
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 28 October 2017, Cooper's tenure as UCP interim leader ended when Jason Kenney was elected United Conservative party leader.
Cooper was elected to serve as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on May 21, 2019.
Speaker of the House
Cooper was elected Speaker of the House in the Alberta Legislature on May 21, 2019.
Electoral history
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Nathan Cooper | 20,516 | 78.55% | -1.21% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kyle Johnston | 3,070 | 11.75% | -5.06% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Chase Brown | 1,779 | 6.81% | 3.39% | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Allen MacLennan | 557 | 2.13% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage Party | Dave Hughes | 195 | 0.75% | – | ||||
| Total | 26,117 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 120 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 36,375 | 72.13% | 12.69% | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | 19.87% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "76 - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Nathan Cooper | 10,692 | 53.4% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wade Bearchell | 5,274 | 26.3% | |||||
| New Democratic | Glenn Norman | 3,366 | 16.8% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Jim Adamchick | 685 | 3.4% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,017 | |||||||
