Johann Theodore Brandley[1] (December 7, 1851 – May 6, 1928) was a Mormon missionary and colonizer of the agricultural village of Stirling, Alberta, Canada.

[1] With him on his mission to help colonize Western Canada were, his wife Eliza Zaugg, his children; Henry, Joseph, Albert, Theodore Jr., and his only daughter Anna, followed by 8 other families, also from Utah.

Arriving at Stirling siding, (known then as 18 Mile Lake) on May 5, 1899, Brandley and company were greeted by Charles Ora Card of Cardston.

Whereas, Joseph Smith's ideal Plat of Zion, planned for the town's square or business center and civic buildings to be located at the centre of the settlement, surrounded by large lots, giving residents enough room for a house, barn and shelters for animals, as well a large garden, with irrigation water accessed at the canal running along each street.

Brandley practiced polygamy and had four wives, as was common for members of the LDS Church at the time.