Michael Sather | |
Birth Date: | c. [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 |
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.[2]
In November 2008, he ran for mayor of Maple Ridge, finishing second to Ernie Daykin.[3]
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.[4]
In August 2011 Sather announced he would not run for re-election in 2013, but would finish out his term.[5]