Margret Kopala

Who is Margret Kopala?

Margret Kopala is a journalist and political activist in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She currently writes a column for the Ottawa Citizen newspaper.

Born near Glendon, Alberta and later raised in Edmonton, Kopala studied at the University of Alberta, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English literature Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama. Moving to the United Kingdom, she worked as a secretary and production assistant for the British Broadcasting Corporation; later back in Canada, she worked in Canadian feature film production. She moved to Ottawa in 1986.

She became president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada riding association in Ottawa West. In the 1997 federal election, she was the Progressive Conservative candidate in Ottawa West—Nepean, finishing third.

In the founding leadership election for the Canadian Alliance party in 2000, she initially declared her candidacy for that party's leadership, but she withdrew early in the process.

In 2002, she sought a seat representing Ontario on the Canadian Alliance National Council.