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The '''North Dakota commissioner of agriculture and labor''' was an [[elected official]] who headed the [[North Dakota Department of Agriculture and Labor]]. The office was established with the state's constitution in 1889, and was split into two separate offices{{snd}} the [[North Dakota Commissioner of Labor|commissioner of labor]] and the [[North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture|commissioner of agriculture]]{{snd}} in 1966, when the two departments also split due to a constitutional change that was voted on in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agdepartment.com/Biennial%20Reports/99-01biennial%20report.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-06-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230542/http://www.agdepartment.com/Biennial%20Reports/99-01biennial%20report.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
==History==
The office was first held by [[Henry T. Helgesen]] and the longest tenure in the office was that of [[Math Dahl]], who held the office for 25 years. His son, [[Arne Dahl (politician)|Arne]], was the last to hold the office before it was eliminated in 1966. He then went on to become the first [[North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture|commissioner of agriculture]].
==See also==
*[[North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner]]
*[[North Dakota Labor Commissioner]]
*[[List of North Dakota commissioners of agriculture and labor]]
==References==
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{{North Dakota State Government}}
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