Henry Ethelbert Coupland, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Henry Ethelbert Coupland
- Henry Ethelbert "Hal" Coupland (December 28, 1915 – December 26, 1994) was a farmer, business owner and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Meadow Lake from 1964 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, the son of Russell Ethelbert Coupland and Mary Boyes, and was educated there and in Prelate.
- In the early 1930s, Coupland moved with his family to a homestead at Golden Ridge.
- He married Ina Maxime Campbell in 1940.
- Coupland farmed near Goodsoil for several years and then moved to Hamilton, Ontario.
- He returned to the Dunfield district and then moved to Meadow Lake, where he worked for the Pioneer Grain Company.
- Coupland then operated a feed mill, then a chick hatchery and, later, a real estate and insurance company.
- He also served as chairman of the Golden Ridge school board and as a member of the town council for Meadow Lake.
- Coupland ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1960 before being elected in 1964.
- He was defeated by Gordon McNeill when he ran for reelection in 1975.
- He ran again unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Athabasca seat in the Saskatchewan assembly.
- Coupland served as mayor of Meadow Lake from 1976 to 1980.
- He died in Meadow Lake Union Hospital at the age of 78.
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