Gordon Kesler

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Gordon Kesler was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

Kesler was the first separatist politician elected in Canada outside of Quebec since the 1870s. His stunning victory in the February 1982 by-election for the Western Canada Concept received national media attention. He quickly became leader of the party.

During the 1982 general election, held only months later in November, Kesler lost his seat despite Western Canada Concept fielding a full slate. Kesler shifted districts to his home district of Highwood after promising to move to Olds-Didsbury if elected. The time he served was the second shortest between election and defeat in the legislatures history.

In a 1983 letter to the editor of the Alberta Report, Doug Christie, founder of the Western Canada Concept, accused Gordon Kesler of betraying separatism. Kesler and his party had been striving to distance themselves from the controversial Christie.

Currently Gordon runs a car dealership in Acme, Alberta.