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♂ Leslie Gordon Young
aliasLeslie Young
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 1 6
Birth 19 August 1934
Age 89 years + 8 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 37 years
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 1 month ago (19 March 1989)
Special notes
None
 
Leslie Gordon Young (1934– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 17 6 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Karen Leibovici  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John McInnis  m 
 
Eligible: 15,794 Votes: 11,235 Participation: 71.13% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13064(F) — 21 Mar 2024 21:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
PC
 1/4 5,758 51.46% +1,969 Loser:
SC
 3,789 33.86% John B. Ludwig

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,399 Votes: 8,234 Participation: 50.21% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12990(F) — 21 Mar 2024 21:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/4 5,436 66.67% +4,244 Loser:
NDP
 1,192 14.62% Carol Berry

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,919 Votes: 8,392 Participation: 49.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12911(F) — 21 Mar 2024 21:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 5,049 60.29% +3,314 Loser:
NDP
 1,735 20.72% Charlie Wood

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,734 Votes: 11,686 Participation: 62.38% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12831(F) — 21 Mar 2024 21:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/5 6,723 57.82% +3,225 Loser:
NDP
 3,498 30.08% Don Aitken

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,169 Votes: 10,890 Participation: 43.27% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12748(F) — 21 Mar 2024 21:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/5 4,357 40.09% +71 Loser:
NDP
 4,286 39.43% Vair Clendenning

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,706 Votes: 14,231 Participation: 53.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12666(F) — 21 Mar 2024 21:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
PC
 3/3 4,503 31.68% -463 Winner:
NDP
 4,966 34.93% John R.L. McInnis

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Leslie G. Young, ECA		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Leslie Young (politician)		  4 May 2024

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