Henry Ethelbert Coupland

Henry Ethelbert "Hal" Coupland (December 28, 1915 – December 26, 1994 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. Coupland served as mayor of Meadow Lake from 1976 to 1980. He died in Meadow Lake Union Hospital at the age of 78.