Walter Kenneth (Ken) Bryden (April 9, 1916 – December 17, 2001) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/NDP member of the Ontario legislature from 1959 to 1967, an economist, academic, civil servant and author.
[1] An economist by training, Bryden worked for the federal Department of Labour during World War II.
[2] Bryden drafted most of the province's labour laws which American union organizer Walter Reuther called the most advanced legislation in all of North America.
Using their own money, Bryden and his federal counterpart Andrew Brewin opened the first constituency office in Canada.
[1][4] As a political strategist, Bryden introduced the concept of door-to-door canvassing to Canada, which soon became a standard technique for all parties.