# Ken Rostad
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{{short description|Canadian politician (born 1941)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Ken Rostad
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|9|7}}
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| birth_place = [Yorkton](/source/Yorkton), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan) .[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOwTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Rostad,+Kenneth+leif%22|title = Who's Who in the West 1996-1997|isbn = 9780837909264|last1 = Who|first1 = Marquis Who's|date = November 1995}}]
| office = [Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly)
| constituency = [Camrose](/source/Camrose_(provincial_electoral_district)) (1986–93)
{{nowrap|[Wetaskiwin-Camrose](/source/Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (1993–97)}}
| term_start = 1986
| term_end = 1997
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| party = [Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta)
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'''Kenneth Leif Rostad''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (born September 7, 1941) is a former politician from [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada. He served in the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) from 1986 to 1997. He held several cabinet portfolios in the Alberta provincial government.
==Political career==
Rostad was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the [1986 general election](/source/1986_Alberta_general_election). He defeated four other candidates, including [Western Canada Concept](/source/Western_Canada_Concept) leader [Jack Ramsay](/source/Jack_Ramsay_(politician)), in the electoral district of [Camrose](/source/Camrose_(provincial_electoral_district)).[{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Camrose |title=Camrose election results 1986 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612182555/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Camrose |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}] He was appointed Solicitor General by Premier [Don Getty](/source/Don_Getty) and held that post until September 8, 1988. He was then appointed Attorney General.
Rostad ran for re-election in the [1989 general election](/source/1989_Alberta_general_election). He defeated two other candidates by a large margin.[{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Camrose |title=Camrose election results 1989 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612182604/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Camrose |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}]
When [Ralph Klein](/source/Ralph_Klein) became Premier, Rostad was left out of cabinet. In 1993 the Camrose electoral district was abolished due to redistribution, and Rostad ran for re-election in the new [Wetaskiwin-Camrose](/source/Wetaskiwin-Camrose) electoral district in the [1993 general election](/source/1993_Alberta_general_election). He won by a comfortable margin over three other candidates.[{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Wetaskiwin-Camrose |title=Wetaskiwin-Camrose election results 1993 |publisher=Alberta Heritage |access-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612182739/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Wetaskiwin-Camrose |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}]
After the election Premier Klein reappointed Rostad Attorney General, as the sitting minister, [Dick Fowler](/source/Dick_Fowler_(politician)), had been defeated at the polls. He served in that post until September 15, 1994, when he was appointed Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs. He held that post until his retirement at dissolution of the Alberta Legislature in 1997.
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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title=[MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly) [Wetaskiwin-Camrose](/source/Wetaskiwin-Camrose)|
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after=[LeRoy Johnson](/source/LeRoy_Johnson_(politician))|
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Category:1941 births
Category:Living people
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
Category:People from Yorkton
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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