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. [4] [5] He was also co-chair of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board at MD of Foothills #31. [6] 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. [7]
As an MLA,Stier has spoken out against the Alberta Health Services policy of separating married seniors in nursing homes. [8] 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. [9] [10]
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. [11] He was reelected in the 2015 Alberta general election,once again facing Berger as a PC challenger. [12]
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. [13]
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