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Canadian provincial politician

Bob Bjornerud

Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Melville-Saltcoats Saltcoats (1995-2003)
In office June 21, 1995 – April 4, 2016
Preceded by	Reg Knezacek
Succeeded by	Warren Kaeding

Personal details
Born	(1945-09-08) September 8, 1945 (age 79) Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Liberal → Saskatchewan Party
Occupation	farmer

Bob Bjornerud (born September 8, 1945) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats from 1995 to 2016, first as a member of the Liberal Party and later as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. Bjornerud served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2012, when he requested not to be considered for a cabinet post in the next cabinet shuffle. Bjornerud did not seek re-election in the 2016 Saskatchewan general election.

Election results

v t e 1995 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Bjornerud	3,635	45.53%	+31.05
	New Democratic	Reg Knezacek	3,053	38.25%	−14.24
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Johnson	1,295	16.22%	−16.81
Total			7,983	100.00%

v t e 1999 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	4,688	62.47%	—
	New Democratic	Leo Fuhr	1,884	25.10%	−13.15
	Liberal	Vic Polsom	933	12.43%	−33.10
Total			7,505	100.00%

v t e 2003 Saskatchewan general election: Melville-Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	3,439	39.04%
	New Democratic	Ron Osika	2,834	32.17%
	Independent	Grant Schmidt	1,660	18.84%
	Liberal	Brian Tochor	877	9.95%
Total			8,810	100.00%

v t e 2007 Saskatchewan general election: Melville-Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	5,039	62.28%	+23.24
	New Democratic	Marlys Knezacek	2,574	31.81%	−0.36
	Liberal	Henry Farmer	375	4.64%	−5.31
	Western Independence	Frank Serfas	103	1.27%	–
Total			8,091	100.00%

v t e 2011 Saskatchewan general election: Melville-Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	5,071	73.45%	+11.18
	New Democratic	Len Dales	1,690	24.48%	−7.34
	Green	Jordan Fieseler	143	2.07%	–
Total			6,904	100.00%

Cabinet post (1)
Saskatchewan provincial government of Brad Wall
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Mark Wartman	Minister of Agriculture November 21, 2007–May 25, 2012	Lyle Stewart

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall (2007–2018)
Brad Wall Tina Beaudry-Mellor Bob Bjornerud Steven Bonk Bill Boyd Jennifer Campeau Ken Cheveldayoff Herb Cox Dan D'Autremont Mark Docherty Kevin Doherty Larry Doke June Draude Dustin Duncan Wayne Elhard Bronwyn Eyre Rod Gantefoer Joe Hargrave Jeremy Harrison Donna Harpauer Nancy Heppner Darryl Hickie Bill Hutchinson Yogi Huyghebaert Ken Krawetz Gene Makowsky Russ Marchuk Dave Marit Tim McMillan Don McMorris Paul Merriman Scott Moe Don Morgan Rob Norris Greg Ottenbreit Jim Reiter Laura Ross Lyle Stewart Christine Tell Randy Weekes Nadine Wilson Gordon Wyant

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