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♂ Kenneth R. Kowalski
aliasKenneth R. Kowalski
Record
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Polish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 9 0 9
Birth 27 September 1945
Age 78 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 November 1979 → 44 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 7 days ago (22 April 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Kenneth R. Kowalski (1945– ) 200x275
© Photo 2010 US Mission Canada — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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 32 3 24 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 24–27
PC
 1 Speaker 51–66 14 Apr 1997 — 22 May 2012 15 1 8

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Nicholas W. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 10,870 Votes: 6,342 Participation: 58.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
21 November 1979
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13187(F) — 18 Oct 2021 18:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
PC
 1/4 2,457 38.74% +355 Loser:
LIB
 2,102 33.14% Nicholas W. Taylor

Service: 2 years 11 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,226 Votes: 9,733 Participation: 79.61% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12793(F) — 18 Oct 2021 18:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/6 5,001 51.44% +1,670 Loser:
LIB
 3,331 34.26% Nicholas W. Taylor

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,491 Votes: 8,819 Participation: 60.86% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12710(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/5 5,092 57.82% +2,789 Loser:
NDP
 2,303 26.15% Larry McConnell

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,426 Votes: 9,221 Participation: 63.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12627(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 5,294 57.51% +3,621 Loser:
NDP
 1,673 18.17% Harold E. Wharton

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,439 Votes: 11,493 Participation: 69.91% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12545(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/6 6,312 55.04% +3,003 Loser:
LIB
 3,309 28.85% Dale Greig

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,778 Votes: 10,241 Participation: 61.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10994(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/4 6,195 60.66% +4,065 Loser:
LIB
 2,130 20.86% Dale Greig

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,794 Votes: 10,401 Participation: 61.93% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8637(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 7,183 69.31% +5,831 Loser:
SC
 1,352 13.05% Jeff Willerton

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,732 Votes: 11,957 Participation: 52.60% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8720(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/5 7,066 59.30% +4,756 Loser:
LIB
 2,310 19.39% Alan Fiebich

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,708 Votes: 11,882 Participation: 44.49% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8803(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/5 8,312 70.26% +6,508 Loser:
LIB
 1,804 15.25% Leslie Penny

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,394 Votes: 16,741 Participation: 61.11% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8884(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 7,447 44.72% Maureen A. Kubinec

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Kenneth R. Kowalski, ECA		 09 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ken Kowalski		 09 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Dec 2023 07:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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