Leonard Michael Skowronski (September 8, 1940 – March 29, 2024) was a Canadian politician who was the leader of the provincial Social Credit Party in Alberta, Canada, between 2007 and 2016.[1] He was elected at a leadership convention held on November 3, 2007 in Red Deer to replace Lavern Ahlstrom who resigned.
Len Skowronski | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party | |
| In office 2007–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Lavern Ahlstrom |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Fraser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonard Michael Skowronski September 8, 1940 Radway, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | March 29, 2024 (aged 83) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Alberta Social Credit Party |
| Spouse | Nadie |
| Children | 2 |
Skowronski lived in Calgary, and ran as a candidate in the 2004 Alberta election as a Social Credit candidate in Calgary Varsity. He was defeated, finishing last in a field of six candidates. He contested the 2008 election in the electoral district of Calgary-Bow and again finished last in a field of six.[2] He contested the 2009 by-election in Calgary-Glenmore, placing sixth out of seven candidates, and receiving 28 votes more than the independent candidate who placed seventh.
In 2016, Skowronski denounced the "invalid takeover" of the party by anti-abortion activists leading to his replacement as party leader by Jeremy Fraser.[3]
Skowronski died on March 29, 2024, at the age of 83.[4]
Electoral record edit
| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Hawkwood | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Connolly | 7,443 | 36.35% | 31.63% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 6,378 | 31.15% | -15.95% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jae Shim | 4,448 | 21.72% | -14.68% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Beth Barberree | 925 | 4.52% | 3.26% | ||||
| Liberal | Harbaksh Singh Sekhon | 736 | 3.59% | -4.86% | ||||
| Green | Polly Knowlton Cockett | 455 | 2.22% | 1.19% | ||||
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 90 | 0.44% | -0.09% | ||||
| Total | 20,475 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 33,523 | 61.28% | 3.50% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -2.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "The Leaders". www.canada.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Social Credit Leaders bio". Alberta Social Credit Party. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Anti-Abortion activists stage an "invalid takeover" of Alberta's Social Credit Party | daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics". daveberta.ca. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Leonard (Len) Michael Skowronski". Evan J. Strong Funeral Services. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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