Kenneth Norrie
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Template:Otheruses4 Kenneth Harold Norrie (b. 1946 in Saskatoon) is a Canadian economic historian specializing in the economy of Western Canada at the turn of the century.
Norrie received his undergraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan and his PhD form Yale University. He is currently provost of McMaster University, having previously spent most of his career at the University of Alberta.
He is perhaps best known for his work with prairie wheat farming. He was a key researcher for the Macdonald Royal Commission of the early 1980s which recommended signing the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement.