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{{short description|Canadian provincial politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|honorific-prefix=[[The Honourable]]
| name = Bob Bjornerud
|honorific-suffix = [[Executive Council of Saskatchewan|ECS]]
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|9|8}}
| birth_place = [[Kelvington, Saskatchewan|Kelvington]], [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
| residence =
| constituency_AM     = [[Melville-Saltcoats]]<br /><small>[[Saltcoats (provincial electoral district)|Saltcoats]] (1995-2003)</small>
| assembly            = Saskatchewan Legislative
| term_start    = June 21, 1995
| term_end      = April 4, 2016
| predecessor   = [[Reg Knezacek]]
| successor     = [[Warren Kaeding]]
| party = [[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] → [[Saskatchewan Party]]  
| occupation = farmer
}}

'''Bob Bjornerud''' (born September 8, 1945) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] provincial [[politician]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3448601520/bjornerud-bob-melville-saltcoats.html| title = Bjornerud, Bob (Melville-Saltcoats) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> 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 [[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] and later as a member of the [[Saskatchewan Party]]. Bjornerud served as the [[Ministry of Agriculture (Saskatchewan)|Minister of Agriculture]] from 2007 to 2012, when he requested not to be considered for a cabinet post in the next cabinet shuffle.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/agriculture-minister-bjornerud-to-exit-cabinet-1.1243892
|title = Ag Minister Bjornerud to exit cabinet
|publisher = [[CBC News]]
|date = March 14, 2012
|accessdate = 2018-05-31}}</ref> Bjornerud did not seek re-election in the [[2016 Saskatchewan general election]].

==Election results==
{{Saskatchewan provincial election, 1995/Saltcoats}}
{{Saskatchewan provincial election, 1999/Saltcoats}}
{{Saskatchewan provincial election, 2003/Melville-Saltcoats}}
{{Saskatchewan provincial election, 2007/Melville-Saltcoats}}
{{Saskatchewan provincial election, 2011/Melville-Saltcoats}}

===Cabinet positions===

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| post1preceded = [[Mark Wartman]]
| post1         = [[Executive Council of Saskatchewan|Minister of Agriculture]]
| post1years    = November 21, 2007&ndash;May 25, 2012
| post1note     =
| post1followed = [[Lyle Stewart]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100617190518/http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/members/members.htm Members, Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070910223159/http://www.bobbjornerud.ca/index.php?docID=13 Brief biography]

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