Michael Sather

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| birth_date =c. {{birth year and age|1947}}Bear attack left its scars; Local MLA Michael Sather shared the story of how he survived being mauled by a grizzly in 1975. (Landreville, Troy) Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows Times [Maple Ridge, B.C] February 2, 2012: 1.

| birth_place = Grande Prairie, Alberta

| residence = Maple Ridge, British Columbia

| assembly = British Columbia Legislative

| constituency_AM = Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

| term_start = May 17, 2005

| term_end = May 14, 2013

| predecessor = Ken Stewart

| successor = Doug Bing

| party = NDP

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Michael Sather (born c. 1947) is a former MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election, and was re-elected in 2009.{{Cite web |title=MLA: Michael Sather |url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/39thParl/satherM.htm |publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |work=Member Biography |access-date=May 11, 2010}}

In November 2008, he ran for mayor of Maple Ridge, finishing second to Ernie Daykin.{{Cite news |title=Maple Ridge councillor Ernie Daykin wins mayor's chair |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=6a4a99dd-9bf3-4864-a510-f55d1c0e571c |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=November 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108152312/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=6a4a99dd-9bf3-4864-a510-f55d1c0e571c |archive-date=November 8, 2012}}

Sather has a bachelor of science degree in biology and a master's degree in psychology. He moved to B.C. in 1974 and worked on fishing boats and oil rigs, owned and operated a wilderness tourism business, and worked as a mental health therapist.{{cite web |title=Friends honour retiring MLA |work=North Shore News |url=http://www.nsnews.com/news/Friends+honour+retiring/8058764/story.html#ixzz2OLP5d5la |date=March 6, 2013}}

In August 2011 Sather announced he would not run for re-election in 2013, but would finish out his term.[http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/126623428.html Sather announces retirement from politics]. Maple Ridge News, August 2, 2011.