The now-former Speaker of the Alberta legislature says he’s excited to display some partisanship in his last days as an elected official.
Nathan Cooper announced this week that he is to resign his seat in the assembly to become Alberta’s representative to the United States in Washington.
The United Conservative Party MLA had been Alberta’s legislature Speaker — the non-voting and non-partisan debate referee — since 2019.
Cooper told reporters Thursday that he thinks he had a positive impact by softening the relationship between Alberta’s two parties, while also making a concerted effort to help people of all ages understand the legislative system.
But those accomplishments, he said, won’t stop him from getting back to his partisan roots in the last few days of Alberta’s spring session and his last as a member of the legislature.
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“I’ve also got a lot of things to get off my chest,” Cooper said.
Cooper, who was first …