Albert Klapstein (born November 28, 1940) is a former provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1997 until 2004.

Political career

Klapstein was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

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. He defeated incumbent

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MLA Terry Kirkland in a hotly contested election to pick up the Leduc electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives. He was reelected to his second term, winning a landslide in the

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. Klapstein was appointed as an ex officio member by Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

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in July 2000. This appointment came under investigation by the ethics commissioner

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in 2003 as a breach of the ''Conflict of Interest Act''. After the investigation, Klapstein was found to have breached the Act but no penalties were imposed. Klapstein did not run for reelection at the dissolution of the assembly in 2004 after losing the nomination race for the new riding of Leduc-Beaumont-Devon to George Rogers.

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