List of North Dakota Public Service Commissioners

Number of North Dakota Public Service Commissioners by party affiliation
Party	Commissioners
Democratic-NPL Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	1
Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...	17

The following is a list of Public Service Commissioners of North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

. The three public service commissioner offices were created in 1940 and terms began on January 1, 1941, replacing the three offices that made up the North Dakota Railroad Commission

North Dakota Railroad Commission

The North Dakota Railroad Commission was a North Dakota constitutional agency that was the precedent of the North Dakota Public Service Commission. The Commission consisted of three elected Railroad Commissioners, and was created in 1889...

Commissioner 1

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Ben C. Larkin Ben C. Larkin Ben C. Larkin was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1941 to his death in 1949. Prior to 1941, his title was North Dakota Railroad Commissioner. He had served in that position since 1928.-Biography:Ben Larkin was born in...	1941–1949	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
2	Ernest D. Nelson Ernest D. Nelson Ernest D. Nelson was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1949 to his death in 1961.-Biography:...	1949–1961	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
3	Bruce Hagen Bruce Hagen Bruce Hagen is a North Dakota politician who served as North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1961 to 2000. He was known as the only Democratic party Public Service Commissioner ever to serve.-Notes:...	1961–2000	Democratic-NPL
4	Tony Clark Tony Clark (North Dakota) Tony Clark is a North Dakota politician who is serving as a Public Service Commissioner since 2001.-Biography:He is a graduate of Fargo North High School, and an alumnus of both NDSU and UND He was elected to the Public Service Commission of the U.S. state of North Dakota in 2000, and was...	2001–	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...

Commissioner 2

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Clark W. McDonnell Clark W. McDonnell Clark W. McDonnell was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1941 to 1950. Prior to 1941, his title was North Dakota Railroad Commissioner. He had served in that position since 1920.-Biography:Clark McDonnell was born in Nova...	1941–1950	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
2	Everett H. Brant Everett H. Brant Everett Hall Brant was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1951 to his death in 1954.-Biography:...	1951–1954	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
3	Martin Vaaler	1954–1962	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
4	Ben J. Wolf	1963–1980	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
5	Leo M. Reinbold Leo M. Reinbold Leo M. Reinbold is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1981 to 2003.-Biography:...	1981–2003	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
6	Kevin Cramer Kevin Cramer Kevin Cramer is a North Dakota politician who in 2010 is serving as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner.-Biography:...	2003–	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...

Commissioner 3

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Simon S. McDonald Simon S. McDonald Simon S. McDonald was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1941 to 1948. Prior to 1941, his title was North Dakota Railroad Commissioner. He had served in that position since 1937.-Biography:Simon McDonald was born in 1869...	1941–1948	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
2	Elmer W. Cart Elmer W. Cart Elmer W. Cart was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1949 to 1954.-Biography:...	1949–1954	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
3	Anson J. Anderson	1955–1960	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
4	Richard J. Thompson	1961–1966	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
5	Richard A. Elkin	1967–1983	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
6	Dale V. Sandstrom Dale V. Sandstrom Dale V. Sandstrom is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1983 to 1992, and as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court since 1992.-Biography:...	1983–1992	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
7	Susan Wefald Susan Wefald Susan Wefald is a former North Dakota Republican Party politician She served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1993 until her retirement in 2009.-Biography:...	1993–2009	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
8	Brian Kalk	2010–	Republican North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...

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