William Coaker

Sir William Ford Coaker
MHA KBE
President of the Fishermen's Protective Union
In office
November 3, 1908 (1908-11-03) – February 3, 1926 (1926-02-03)
Succeeded byJ. H. Scammell
Legislative offices
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
for Bonavista East
In office
October 29, 1928 (1928-10-29) – June 11, 1932 (1932-06-11)
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
for Bonavista
In office
November 3, 1919 (1919-11-03) – June 2, 1924 (1924-06-02)
Serving with John Abbott and Robert G. Winsor
Preceded byAlfred B. Morine
Succeeded byWalter Monroe
Lewis Little
William C. Winsor
In office
October 30, 1913 (1913-10-30) – November 26, 1914 (1914-11-26)
Serving with John Abbott and Robert G. Winsor
Preceded bySydney Blandford
William C. Winsor
Donald Morison
Succeeded byAlfred B. Morine
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
for Twillingate
In office
November 26, 1914 (1914-11-26) – November 3, 1919 (1919-11-03)
Preceded byRobert Bond
Succeeded byGeorge Jones
Solomon Samson
Personal details
Born(1871-10-19)October 19, 1871
St. John's, Newfoundland
DiedOctober 26, 1938(1938-10-26) (aged 67)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
PartyFishermen's Protective Union
Spouse
Jessie Crosbie Cook
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(m. 1901)​
Children1 (Camilla Gertrude)
Alma materBishop Feild College
OccupationBusinessman and union leader
Known forFounding the Fishermen's Protective Union and establishing Port Union
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Sir William Ford Coaker KBE (October 19, 1871 – October 26, 1938) was a Newfoundland union leader and politician and founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union, the Fishermen's Union Trading Co., and the town of Port Union. A polarizing figure in Newfoundland politics and society, he was described as "the outstanding social reformer produced by Britain's Oldest Colony" by eventual Premier Joey Smallwood.

Coaker is known for criticizing the truck system which dominated the fishery of Newfoundland throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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