William Coaker

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Sir William Ford Coaker (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 in the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. rdf:langString
rdf:langString William Coaker
rdf:langString William Ford Coaker
rdf:langString William Ford Coaker
xsd:date 1938-10-26
xsd:date 1871-10-19
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xsd:date 1871-10-19
xsd:date 1938-10-26
rdf:langString Founding the Fishermen's Protective Union and establishing Port Union.
rdf:langString union leader, businessman, politician
rdf:langString Sir William Ford Coaker (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 in the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
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xsd:gYear 1938

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