183:. By 1902, he would also serve as telegraph operator, customs worker, and postmaster. In 1903 he formed a telegraph operators' union, though a year later he quit the union and his three most recent professions. Retiring to Coakerville, be began contemplating an organization of fishermen and the first constitution for the union he would later found.
33:
151:
debates. At thirteen he organized a two-day strike against a local merchant firm, winning wage demands for himself and his young coworkers. At fourteen Coaker left school to work for the firm of McDougall and
Templeton and two years later became manager of their branch store in
217:
was titled "We are coming Mr. Coaker, and we're 40 thousand strong". This anthem was sung or chanted at FPU meetings to show support for Coaker and his movement to unite the fishermen. There is also a poem titled "Coaker's Dream".
261:
Coaker married Jessie Leah
Crosbie Cook, born 22 January 1871 of Southside, St. John's, in 1901. They lived together at Coakerville and had one daughter, Carmine (Camilla) Gertrude Coaker, born in 1902. Camilla attended
490:
383:
176:
180:
480:
94:
199:
in
November 1908. He led the organization as it expanded into a multifaceted interest involved in trading, publishing, light and power, shipbuilding, shipping and cold storage.
460:
475:
470:
113:. A polarizing figure in Newfoundland politics and society, he was described as "the outstanding social reformer produced by Britain's Oldest Colony" by eventual
465:
455:
153:
136:
46:
353:
196:
110:
82:
114:
485:
246:
214:
405:
229:
was closed in 2005 in favor of the islands new school, New World Island
Academy, and has since been destroyed due to
106:
226:
102:
78:
242:
430:
203:
411:
The Rise of the
Fishermen's Protective Union, the First World War and the National Government, 1908-1919
406:
Government of Canada, Newfoundland and the Great War, Who's Who in
Newfoundland, Sir William Coaker
267:
263:
191:
Coaker organized the first meeting of what would become the
Fishermen's Protective Union in the
98:
313:
127:
which dominated the fishery of
Newfoundland in the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
296:
450:
445:
144:
425:
420:
341:
330:
8:
140:
50:
416:
Select
Bibliography of Sir William Ford Coaker, the Fishermen's Protective Union (FPU)
361:
148:
271:
222:
168:
400:
147:. He had political leanings from an early age and spent his school days attending
375:
298:
Coaker of
Newfoundland: The Man who led the Deep-Sea Fishermen to Political Power
207:
157:
117:
410:
439:
415:
491:
McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni
192:
124:
250:
253:
and from 1919 until 1924 when he was minister of marine and fisheries.
161:
241:
He took the FPU into politics in 1912 and Coaker was elected to the
230:
275:
32:
331:
We Are Coming Mr. Coaker (Traditional) lyrics, chords & MIDI
278:. Lady Jessie Coaker died on January 9, 1947, at the age of 76.
225:, Coaker Academy, was named after Coaker. The school located in
172:
213:
There is both a poem and song written referencing Coaker. The
206:. In 1999, a novel loosely based on his life was written by
164:
after having taken ownership of the store four years prior.
249:
where he remained until 1924. He served in cabinet during
342:
Coaker's Dream (Collected by MacEdward Leach) with lyrics
316:. In Smallwood, Jospeph R.; Pitt, Robert D. W. (eds.).
481:
Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
461:
Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
301:. London: The Labour Publishing Company. p. 14.
476:Pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador people
471:Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)
437:
215:original anthem of the Fishers Protective Union
202:In 1923, he was made a Knight Commander of the
186:
101:union leader and politician and founder of the
466:Trade unionists from Newfoundland and Labrador
160:. During the bank crash of 1896, Coaker was
97:(October 19, 1871 – October 26, 1938) was a
31:
318:Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
294:
197:Herring Neck, Newfoundland and Labrador
438:
384:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrafor
69:union leader, businessman, politician
305:
123:Coaker is known for criticizing the
236:
175:, and began farming operations at "
13:
14:
502:
456:Fishermen's Protective Union MHAs
394:
376:"In Memoriam: Lady Jessie Coaker"
311:
256:
426:Song "We Are Coming Mr. Coaker"
320:. Vol. 1. pp. 457–61.
368:
346:
335:
324:
288:
243:Newfoundland House of Assembly
167:Coaker studied agriculture at
1:
295:Smallwood, Joseph R. (1927).
281:
130:
107:Fishermen's Union Trading Co.
187:Fishermen's Protective Union
103:Fisherman's Protective Union
79:Fishermen's Protective Union
7:
204:Order of the British Empire
135:Coaker was born in 1871 in
10:
507:
486:Bishop Feild School alumni
314:"Coaker, Sir William Ford"
221:The former high school on
61:October 26, 1938 (aged 67)
73:
65:
57:
39:
30:
23:
268:Sackville, New Brunswick
264:Mount Allison University
227:Virgin Arm, Newfoundland
431:Sir William Ford Coaker
92:Sir William Ford Coaker
421:Poem "Coaker's Dream"
401:Heritage Newfoundland
247:1913 general election
312:Horan, Catherine F.
145:Bishop Feild College
386:. 15 February 1947.
364:on October 1, 2005.
25:William Ford Coaker
16:Canadian politician
358:www.nwia.k12.nf.ca
193:Loyal Orange Lodge
143:, and educated at
109:, and the town of
169:Macdonald College
149:House of Assembly
89:
88:
81:and establishing
498:
388:
387:
380:Evening Telegram
372:
366:
365:
360:. Archived from
350:
344:
339:
333:
328:
322:
321:
309:
303:
302:
292:
276:Toronto, Ontario
272:Havergal College
237:Political career
223:New World Island
179:," an island at
43:October 19, 1871
35:
21:
20:
506:
505:
501:
500:
499:
497:
496:
495:
436:
435:
397:
392:
391:
374:
373:
369:
352:
351:
347:
340:
336:
329:
325:
310:
306:
293:
289:
284:
259:
239:
189:
133:
53:
44:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
504:
494:
493:
488:
483:
478:
473:
468:
463:
458:
453:
448:
434:
433:
428:
423:
418:
413:
408:
403:
396:
395:External links
393:
390:
389:
367:
345:
334:
323:
304:
286:
285:
283:
280:
258:
255:
238:
235:
208:Gordon Rodgers
188:
185:
158:Notre Dame Bay
132:
129:
118:Joey Smallwood
87:
86:
75:
74:Known for
71:
70:
67:
63:
62:
59:
55:
54:
45:
41:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
503:
492:
489:
487:
484:
482:
479:
477:
474:
472:
469:
467:
464:
462:
459:
457:
454:
452:
449:
447:
444:
443:
441:
432:
429:
427:
424:
422:
419:
417:
414:
412:
409:
407:
404:
402:
399:
398:
385:
381:
377:
371:
363:
359:
355:
354:"Coaker Page"
349:
343:
338:
332:
327:
319:
315:
308:
300:
299:
291:
287:
279:
277:
273:
269:
265:
257:Personal life
254:
252:
248:
244:
234:
232:
228:
224:
219:
216:
211:
209:
205:
200:
198:
194:
184:
182:
178:
174:
170:
165:
163:
159:
155:
150:
146:
142:
138:
128:
126:
121:
119:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
93:
84:
80:
77:Founding the
76:
72:
68:
66:Occupation(s)
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
379:
370:
362:the original
357:
348:
337:
326:
317:
307:
297:
290:
260:
240:
220:
212:
201:
190:
166:
141:Newfoundland
134:
125:truck system
122:
99:Newfoundland
91:
90:
51:Newfoundland
18:
451:1938 deaths
446:1871 births
251:World War I
177:Coakerville
440:Categories
282:References
162:bankrupted
154:Pike's Arm
137:St. John's
131:Early life
111:Port Union
83:Port Union
47:St. John's
181:Dildo Run
231:asbestos
245:in the
115:Premier
173:Quebec
105:, the
270:and
58:Died
40:Born
274:in
266:in
195:at
95:KBE
442::
382:.
378:.
356:.
233:.
210:.
171:,
156:,
139:,
120:.
49:,
85:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
