Nate Horner
Nathan Horner ECA MLA (born 1980/1981) is a Canadian politician currently serving as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Drumheller-Stettler in the 30th Alberta Legislature as a member of the UCP. [2] He is currently running for re-election in the next Alberta 2023 election.[3]
The Honourable Nate Horner | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation | |
| Assumed office November 5, 2021 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Devin Dreeshen |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Drumheller-Stettler | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rick Strankman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19801980/1981 (age 42)[1] |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Residence | Pollockville, Alberta |
| Occupation | rancher |
In addition to being Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, he also is currently active on the Economy and Affordability Cabinet Policy Committee as well as the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee.[4][5] Previously he has served as Associate Minister of Rural Economic Development, Deputy Chair of the Select Special Democratic Accountability Committee, and had been active on the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills as well as the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing.[5]
Before being elected, Horner was a rancher and served as an emergency medical responder, He received his bachelor of science degree in agriculture from the University of Lethbridge. Nate and his wife, Jennifer, have two young children.[5]
Horner is related to former Alberta MLA Doug Horner and MPs Jack Horner, Hugh Horner, Albert Horner and Norval Horner.[6]
As Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Horner supported the Alberta Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit, describing how it would “support growth, diversify the province’s economy and ensure producers have a competitive market for their goods”. The province announced the program would have investments of more then $10 million in the agri-processing industry qualify for a 12 percent tax credit.[7]
Horner has also advocated that the province improve rural access to healthcare and has praised Alberta’s 2023 budget. [8]
Electoral History
| 2019 Alberta general election: Drumheller-Stettler | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Nate Horner | 16,958 | 76.69% | -4.89% | ||||
| Independent | Rick Strankman | 1,841 | 8.33% | – | ||||
| Alberta Party | Mark Nikota | 1,461 | 6.61% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Holly Heffernan | 1,446 | 6.54% | -11.89% | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Jason Hushagen | 230 | 1.04% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Greg Herzog | 176 | 0.80% | – | ||||
| Total | 22,112 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 62 | 51 | 4 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,679 | 74.73% | 15.43% | |||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | 27.31% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "59 - Drumheller-Stettler, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 262–268. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
References
- "Nate Horner seeks UCP nomination for Drumheller-Stettler riding – Stettler Independent". Stettlerindependent.com. 2018-05-15. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- "Nate Horner seeks UCP nomination for Drumheller-Stettler riding - Stettler Independent". www.stettlerindependent.com. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "Alberta Election 2023 – daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections". Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "Government committees and members". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- Rieger, Sarah (30 September 2018). "Incumbent MLA who once compared carbon tax to Ukrainian genocide loses UCP nomination vote". CBC News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "Alberta offering tax credit for large-scale agri-processing investments". calgaryherald. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- Blanke, Jason. "A Good Budget For Our Area Shares MLA Horner". DrumhellerOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
