Ron Hierath
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1944|8|17}}
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| birth_place =Milk River, Alberta
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency =Taber-Warner (1993–1997)
{{nowrap|Cardston-Taber-Warner (1997–2001)}}
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 2001
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| party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
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| occupation =real estate agent
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Ronald Hierath (born August 17, 1944) is a real estate agent and a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2001.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOSIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hierath,+Ronald%22+1944|title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide|year=1997|isbn=9781896413433}}
Early life
Ron Hierath was born in Milk River, Alberta.{{cite web|url=http://www.gunzburger.com/Hierath-Ron.htm|title=Ron Hierath|author=Ron Gunzburger|publisher=Politics1 Canada|accessdate=2008-03-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219233207/http://www.gunzburger.com/Hierath-Ron.htm|archivedate=2007-12-19}} He became a wheat and pig farmer on his family farm and was employed in that line of work for twenty five years. He was also active if a number of farmer interest groups. He was member of the Alberta Grain Commission and the Western Barley Growers Association. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/Aboutus/media/board_of_directors_e.asp|title=Ron Hierath biography|publisher=Farm Credit Canada|accessdate=2008-03-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116213155/http://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/Aboutus/media/board_of_directors_e.asp|archivedate=2007-11-16}}
Political career
Hierath was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1993 Alberta general election. He held the electoral district of Taber-Warner for the Progressive Conservatives winning by a comfortable margin over three other candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Taber-Warner|title=Taber-Warner Official Results 1993|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612162226/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Taber-Warner|archivedate=2011-06-12}} His electoral district was abolished upon dissolution for the 1997 Alberta general election and he sought re-election in the new district of Cardston-Taber-Warner. He won re-election with a very large majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1997&Constit=Cardston-Taber-Warner|title=Cardston-Taber-Warner Official Results 1993|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612162243/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1997&Constit=Cardston-Taber-Warner|archivedate=2011-06-12}} In 2000, Hierath gave a $500,000.00 centennial grant to help restore the Coutts Railway Station at Stirling, Alberta.{{cite web|url=http://www.albertacentennial.ca/doc/Stirling%20News%20Release.pdf|title=MLA Ron Hierath announces centennial legacies grant for Stirling|publisher=Government of Alberta|date=September 29, 2000|accessdate=2008-03-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010233036/http://www.albertacentennial.ca/doc/Stirling%20News%20Release.pdf|archivedate=October 10, 2006}} He retired from public office at the end of his second term when the legislature was dissolved in 2001.
Late life
After retiring from politics, Hierath became a real estate agent in 2003. He founded his own real estate company under the Sutton group in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.sutton.com/realtor/rhierath|title=Ron Hierath, Sales Representative|publisher=Sutton Reality|accessdate=2008-03-26}} In January 2007 he joined the board of directors for Farm Credit Canada.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
- [http://ronhierath.ca/ Ron Hierath homepage]
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before=Robert Bogle|
title=MLA Taber-Warner|
years=1993–1997|
after=District Abolished}}
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before=New District|
title=MLA Cardston-Taber-Warner|
years=1997–2001|
after=Broyce Jacobs}}
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta