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 . 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 . Categories : Candidates for the Canadian House of Commons 