Ronald Hierath (born August 17, 1944) is a real estate agent and a former politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1993 until 2001.

Early life

Ron Hierath was born in Milk River,

. 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.

Political career

Hierath was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the

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. He held the electoral district of

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for the Progressive Conservatives winning by a comfortable margin over three other candidates. His electoral district was abolished upon dissolution for the

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and he sought re-election in the new district of

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. He won re-election with a very large majority. In 2000, Hierath gave a $500,000.00 centennial grant to help restore the Coutts Railway Station at

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. 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

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group in 2005. In January 2007 he joined the board of directors for Farm Credit Canada.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members ListingRon Hierath homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hierath, Ron Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1944 births 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta