religion birth_place party profession birth_date spouse residence article_title name alma_mater
lutheran minot , north dakota democratic-npl farmer 17 july 1953 kathy parshall , north dakota kenton onstad
 kenton onstad dickinson state university -lrb- b.a. -rrb-
kenton onstad

kenton b. onstad -lrb- born july 17 , 1953 -rrb- is the democratic-npl minority leader in the north dakota house of representatives and one of the two members who represents district 4 .
in the house , he represents district 4 which is composed of mountrail county , the fort berthold indian reservation , portions of mercer county and a northern portion of dunn county .
onstad currently serves as minority leader .
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 1975-1983 ; 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 .
