Albert Klapstein

Albert Klapstein (born November 28, 1940) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.

He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Terry Kirkland in a hotly contested election to pick up the Leduc electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives.

[3] Klapstein was appointed as an ex officio member by Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Shirley McClellan in July 2000.

This appointment came under investigation by the ethics commissioner Robert Clark in 2003 as a breach of the Conflict of Interest Act.

[4] Klapstein did not run for reelection at the dissolution of the assembly in 2004 after losing the nomination race for the new riding of Leduc-Beaumont-Devon to George Rogers.