Evan Berger is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

, representing the constituency of Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

 as a Progressive Conservative.

Early life

Berger was born April 2, 1960 in High River, Alberta

High River, Alberta

High River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada with a population of 10,716. It is south of the city of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23...

. He was raised on a mixed ranch farm in the foothills southwest of Nanton, Alberta

Nanton, Alberta

Nanton is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. Nanton was named after Sir Augustus Meredith Nanton, of Winnipeg who directed firms that offered financing for farms and ranches throughout the west...

. After high school, Berger entered the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

-Academics:SAIT Polytechnic offers two full baccalaureate degrees , four applied degrees, 66 diploma and certificate programs, 32 apprenticeship trades and 1,600 continuing education and corporate training courses....

 (SAIT) in Calgary

Calgary

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, but left to pursue a land purchase opportunity. He has been involved in the agriculture industry since.

Political life

Berger won his seat in the 2008 provincial election with 64 per cent of the vote in the constituency of Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

. He currently serves as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development and sits on the Cabinet Policy Committee on Resources and the Environment. Berger chairs the Land-use Framework MLA Committee. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Resource and Environment; the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing; and the First Nations/Metis/Inuit Workforce Action Plan MLA Committee.

Prior to becoming an MLA, Berger spent nearly 16 years in municipal politics, as a member of council in the municipal district of Willow Creek. During his council terms, he served as reeve

Mayor

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 for nine years and spent six years as chair of the Municipal Planning Commission and the Agricultural Service Board.

Personal life

Berger lives in Nanton with his wife, Laurie, and their three children: Talia, Brita and Joel. He is still actively involved in agriculture, but has cut back on his work load by letting go of rented land and paring down his cow herd.

Election results

2008 Alberta general election results ( Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....  )			font style="font-size: 90%;">Turnout 39.5%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Progressive Conservative	Evan Berger	6039	64%	Wildrose Alliance Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta The Wildrose Party, formerly Wildrose Alliance Party, is a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It includes free market conservative, libertarian and socially conservative factions and was formed in 2008 following a merger of the Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta...	John W. Macleod	989	11%	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Mike Judd	1501	16%	Green Green Party of Alberta The Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, was a provincial political party in the province of Alberta, Canada.The Alberta Greens were formed in 1986 and received official party status on April 6, 1990...	Bryan Hunt	403	4%	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Phil Burpee	476	5%
Total			9408	100%