Representative Alan Olson
Montana House of Representatives, House District 45

Starting his legislative career in House District 8 following the 2000 elections, Alan represented the Musselshell River Valley from Two Dot to Melstone. After the 2003 redistricting his district was reorganized and now runs from Roundup to Kinsey in Northwestern Custer County. He now represents House District 45.

Alan has been very active in the House serving on the Education, Local Government, State Administration, and Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications committees. Since the 2001 session he has sponsored legislation to recruit and retain teachers in rural Montana, define the role of the legislature in regards to the Clean and Healthful Environment provisions of the Montana Constitution and put meaningful definitions in the Strip and Underground Mine Reclamation Act. Alan has supported and sponsored legislation to make energy bills affordable and bring stability to the utility industry. He has also supported reforms to make state government responsible to the people of Montana and voted for smart spending and tax reform. Alan has been endorsed by business and labor, agriculture and sportsmen. He is currently Chairman of the Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Interim Committee on Energy and Telecommunications.

Alan was just re-elected to his fourth and final term to the Montana House of Representatives in 2006.

Alan and his wife Jean, both native Montanans, have lived in rural Musselshell County since 1987. There they raised their 3 children and now have 3 grandchildren .

Alan first ran for elected office in 1990 and was elected to the Roundup School Board. He served 10 years on the board, 5 years as Chairman. While serving on the Roundup School board he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Montana School Boards Association and later served as President. While active in education issues Alan also participated in local Republican politics serving as Chairman of the Musselshell County Republican Central Committee and later as a member of the executive board of the Montana Republican Party. He was active on the local 4-H council as a past president, Chief of the Bull Mountain Fire Department and Chaiman of the Musselshell County Weed Control Board.

Having worked in the oil and gas industry for the last 29 years Alan knows the positive impacts responsible resource development can bring to Montana. Alan has worked hard to ensure the development of the Bull Mountain Coal project and it is now the largest private employer in Musselshell County. He has also worked with wind energy developers, oil and gas, and various generation and transmission developers to bring good paying jobs and prosperity to rural Montana.