Pete Guthrie was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie-Cochrane on April 16, 2019.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on Families and Communities.

Prior to his service with the Legislative Assembly, he was a private business owner in the ranching and retail industries for close to 20 years.

A professional engineer by trade, he worked for several years in the chemical and manufacturing industries before becoming an entrepreneur.

He holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University of Alberta.

He and his wife have two children.