{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Pat_Stier.JPG | honorific_prefix = | name = Pat Stier | honorific_suffix = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Patrick David Stier | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = Foothills No. 31, Alberta | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Livingstone-Macleod | term_start = April 23, 2012 | term_end = March 19, 2019 | predecessor = Evan Berger | successor = Roger Reid | party = United Conservative Party | spouse = | profession = Oil and gas }}
'''Patrick David Stier'''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://efpublic.elections.ab.ca/afEFUploadView.cfm?&ACID=14128 | title=Candidate Financial Statement - Pat Stier | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093456/http://efpublic.elections.ab.ca/afEFUploadView.cfm?&ACID=14128 | archive-date=2015-05-18 }}</ref> (born 1954) is a Canadian politician, who is an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Livingstone-Macleod.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/live-results-alberta-election-2012/article2405211/|title=Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results|publisher=Theglobeandmail.com|accessdate=2012-05-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424134137/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/live-results-alberta-election-2012/article2405211/|archivedate=2012-04-24}}</ref> He sat with the Official Opposition as a member of the United Conservative Party and was the Municipal Affairs Critic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unitedconservative.ca/|title=The United Conservative Party – the Official Website of the United Conservative Party of Alberta|access-date=2023-05-10|archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506174111/https://www.unitedconservative.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Political career== Stier has 30 years of 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=71&leg=28|title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta Pat Stier biography|access-date=2014-09-15|archive-date=2014-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926064458/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=71&leg=28|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildrose.ca/mlas/pat-stier/|title=Wildrose MLAs|access-date=2013-06-05|archive-date=2013-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606162623/http://www.wildrose.ca/mlas/pat-stier/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also co-chair of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board at MD of Foothills #31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/pat-stier/28/183/630|title=Pat Stier Linkedin profile|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130615210212/http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/pat-stier/28/183/630|archivedate=2013-06-15}}</ref> In the 2012 election, 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/Defeated+Tory+cabinet+minister+Berger+gets+plum+civil/7102943/story.html| title=Defeated Tory cabinet minister Berger gets plum civil service job| publisher=Edmonton Journal| accessdate=2013-06-10| archive-date=2015-05-18| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095923/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Defeated+Tory+cabinet+minister+Berger+gets+plum+civil/7102943/story.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
As an MLA, Stier has spoken out against the Alberta Health Services policy of separating married seniors in nursing homes.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pinchercreekvoice.com/2013/04/mla-pat-stier-expresses-concern-about.html| title=MLA Pat Stier expresses concern about seniors forced apart by AHS rules| publisher=Pincher Creek Echo| accessdate=2013-06-10| archive-date=2015-03-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328131945/http://www.pinchercreekvoice.com/2013/04/mla-pat-stier-expresses-concern-about.html| url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wildrose.ca/feature/danielle-smith-and-pat-stier-hear-concerns-on-cancellation-of-fort-macleod-police-college/| title=Danielle Smith and Pat Stier hear concerns on cancellation of Fort Macleod police college| access-date=2013-06-05| archive-date=2013-06-06| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606165741/http://www.wildrose.ca/feature/danielle-smith-and-pat-stier-hear-concerns-on-cancellation-of-fort-macleod-police-college/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2012/08/fort-macleod-mla-says-cancelled-police-college-a-blow-to-town/|title=Fort Macleod MLA says cancelled police college a blow to town|publisher=Beacon News|accessdate=2013-06-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004013912/http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2012/08/fort-macleod-mla-says-cancelled-police-college-a-blow-to-town/|archivedate=2012-10-04}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/b4d78a2b-5e45-437d-971d-212314b71381/1/doc/|title=Alberta Hansard April 8, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=January 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125192301/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/b4d78a2b-5e45-437d-971d-212314b71381/1/doc/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was reelected in the 2015 Alberta general election, once again facing Berger as a PC challenger.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/livingstone-macleod-wildrose-incumbent-mla-hopes-to-hang-on| title=Livingstone-Macleod: Wildrose incumbent hangs on | Calgary Herald| date=2015-05-06| access-date=2023-05-10| archive-date=2021-08-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805022525/https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/livingstone-macleod-wildrose-incumbent-mla-hopes-to-hang-on| url-status=live}}</ref>
In July, 2017 Stier remained the MLA for Livingstone-Macleod under the establishment of The United Conservative Party (UCP). The UCP is a political party which forms the official opposition in Alberta, Canada. It was established in July 2017 as a merger between the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3623311/united-conservative-party-selects-interim-caucus-leadership-team/| title=United Conservative Party becomes official opposition, selects caucus leadership team | Globalnews.ca| date=2017-07-25| access-date=2023-05-10| archive-date=2017-08-09| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809220406/http://globalnews.ca/news/3623311/united-conservative-party-selects-interim-caucus-leadership-team/| url-status=live}}</ref>
==Professional career== Stier was raised on the family ranch near De Winton, where his family raised Arabian horses and Angus cattle as well as farmed crops.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.pinchercreekecho.com/2015/04/14/livingstone-macleod-votes-2015|title = Time to Vote|date = 2015-04-14|access-date = 2015-05-08|archive-date = 2015-05-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150519031833/http://www.pinchercreekecho.com/2015/04/14/livingstone-macleod-votes-2015|url-status = live}}</ref> He has lived in the Foothills area of Alberta all of his life. He attended junior high and high school in Okotoks, graduating in 1972. He was employed primarily in the seismic data segment of the oil and gas industry for 25 years in Calgary.
==Electoral history==
===2012 general election=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Livingstone-Macleod}}
===2015 general election=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2015/Livingstone-Macleod}}
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