Political scientist, lawyer, civil servant.
One of four children of Joyce Margaret Evelyn Sullivan (1911-1993) and Fred Cooper (1899-1972), she attended Gordon Bell High School where she was Student President (1965-1966). She received BA (Honours) and MA (1977) degrees in Political Science from the University of Manitoba.
In 1981, after receiving a law degree from the University of Manitoba, she was called to the Manitoba Bar (1982). She practiced law for eight years, first with the firm of Walsh Micay and Company (1982-1988) and later with Lawrie Cherniack and Laurie P. Allen (1988-?). She served as Vice-Chair of the Manitoba Labour Board (1985-?) and was a Crown counsel at the Manitoba Family Law Branch. In 2003, she was appointed Master of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, serving until retirement in December 2015.
She has been married twice, first in 1974 to MLA Brian Mark Corrin with whom she had a son before they separated. In 1987, she married Dr. Martin Reed and they had a son.
Her articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
Winnipeg Red Lights
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 27, 1970-1971 SeasonHonorary Secretary’s Report
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 32, 1975-1976 Season
Marriage registration [Joyce Margaret Sullivan, Fred Cooper], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Teen tidings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 May 1965, page 77.
Obituary [Fred Cooper], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 July 1972, page 31.
The Politics of Automobile Insurance: A Case Study by Joy Margaret Kathleen Cooper, 1977, MA Thesis, University of Manitoba, 243 pages.
“Cooper/Corrin,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 March 1977, page 49.
“Views on CUPE health study,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1978, page 186.
“The partners of Walsh, Micay and Company,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 July 1982, page 11.
“Cooper/Reed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 October 1991, page 48.
Obituary [Joyce Margaret Evelyn Cooper], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 December 1993, page 57.
“New master appointed for Court of Queen's Bench,” Manitoba News Release, 3 October 2003.
Manitoba Order in Council 00164/2016, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 16 March 2016.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 October 2023
