Pat Stier

Pat Stier
MLA
MLA for Livingstone-Macleod
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Preceded by Evan Berger
Personal details
Born Foothills No. 31, Alberta
Political party Wildrose Party
Residence De Winton, Alberta
Profession oil and gas sector
Website patstier.com

Patrick D. Stier[1] is a Canadian politician, who is an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Livingstone-Macleod.[2]

He sits with the Wildrose Official Opposition as a member of the Wildrose Party and is the Sustainable Resource Development Critic.[3]

Stier defeated Progressive Conservative candidate and Agriculture minister Evan Berger, who went on to be hired as a senior policy advisory to the deputy Agriculture minister.[4]

As an MLA, Stier has spoke out against the Alberta Health Services policy of separating married seniors in nursing homes.[5] Stier and Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith criticized the Provincial Government for cancelling plans to build the Alberta Public Security and Law Enforcement Training college in Fort Macleod.[6][7]

In the 2013 spring sitting, Stier brought forward Motion 507 to repeal the Alberta Land Stewardship Act and create a new land use framework “that better protects the rights of landowners and respects the role of locally elected and accountable municipal councils.” The motion did not pass.[8]

Stier was raised on the family ranch near De Winton and has lived there in the Foothills area of Alberta all of his life. He was employed primarily in the seismic data segment of the oil and gas industry for 25 years in Calgary. Stier has 30 years farming experience and 15 years of service with municipal government, including four years as a municipal councillor with Municipal District of Foothills #31 in 2004-2007.[9][10] He was also Co- Chair of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board at MD of Foothills #31.[11]

Electoral history

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election Turnout % Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Wildrose Pat Stier 8,565 47.97% %
     Progressive Conservative Evan Berger 7,403 41.46% %
     NDP Matthew Halton 944 5.29% *
     Liberal Alex Macdonald 597 3.34% *
Evergreen Larry Ashmore 347 1.94% *
Total ' 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined '
Eligible Electors
     Wildrose pickup from Progressive Conservative Swing %

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