Kenton B. Onstad (born July 17, 1953) is the former Democratic-NPL Minority Leader in the

North Dakota House of Representatives The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate. North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as ...

and was one of the two members who represents District 4, which is composed of

Mountrail County Mountrail County is a county in the northwestern part of North Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,809, and was estimated to be 9,474 in 2024. The county seat is Stanley and the largest city is New Town. The co ...

, the

Fort Berthold Indian Reservation The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation is a U.S. Indian reservation in western North Dakota that is home for the federally recognized Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes. The reservation includes lands on ...

, portions of Mercer County and a northern portion of Dunn County. Onstad served as Minority Leader from 2001 until his electoral defeat in 2016. Prior to that, he has been Assistant Minority Leader as well as alderman for Parshall City Council and officer for Booner Township. He is the owner/manager of a farm and also employed by Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative. Onstad's professional experience includes President of Parshall 2000 Incorporated; teaching in the Parshall School District from 1975 to 1983; being an owner/manager in farming since 1983; and working for Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative since 1998. He earned his BS in mathematics from Dickinson State University in 1975. Onstad and his wife, Kathy, have three children; Sarah, Jaclyn, Andrew.

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