William Coaker

Personal detailsBorn(1871-10-19)October 19, 1871
DiedOctober 26, 1938(1938-10-26) (aged 67)
PartyFishermen's Protective UnionSpouseChildren1 (Camilla Gertrude)EducationBishop Feild CollegeOccupationBusinessman and union leaderFounding the Fishermen's Protective Union and establishing Port Union

Sir William Ford CoakerKBE (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 PremierJoey Smallwood.

Coaker is known for criticizing the truck system which dominated the fishery of Newfoundland throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.