List of North Dakota public service commissioners

The following is a list of public service commissioners of North Dakota. 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.^[1]

Number of North Dakota public service commissioners by party affiliation

Party	Commissioners
Democratic-NPL	1
Republican	20

First commissioner

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Ben C. Larkin	1941–1949	Republican
2	Ernest D. Nelson	1949–1961	Republican
3	Bruce Hagen	1961–2000	Democratic-NPL
4	Tony Clark	2001-2012	Republican
5	Bonny Fetch	2012–2013	Republican
6	Randy Christmann	2013–	Republican

Second commissioner

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Clark W. McDonnell	1941–1950	Republican
2	Everett H. Brant	1951–1954	Republican
3	Martin Vaaler	1954–1962	Republican
4	Ben J. Wolf	1963–1980	Republican
5	Leo M. Reinbold	1981–2003	Republican
6	Kevin Cramer	2003–2012	Republican
6	Julie Fedorchak	2013–	Republican

Third commissioner

#	Name	Term	Party
1	Simon S. McDonald	1941–1948	Republican
2	Elmer W. Cart	1949–1954	Republican
3	Anson J. Anderson	1955–1960	Republican
4	Richard J. Thompson	1961–1966	Republican
5	Richard A. Elkin	1967–1983	Republican
6	Dale V. Sandstrom	1983–1992	Republican
7	Susan Wefald	1993–2009	Republican
8	Brian Kalk	2009–2017	Republican
9	Brian Kroshus	2017–	Republican

See also

• North Dakota Public Service Commission

References

1. ipu research note [May 31, 2007] Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine