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♂ Leonard W. Taylor
aliasLeonard W. Taylor
Record
60361 · 577

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Total 4 2 6
Birth 16 January 1952
Age 72 years + 3 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 5 months ago (6 November 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Leonard W. Taylor (1952– )
© Photo 2007 Len Taylor — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council North Battleford, Saskatchewan (2000–2003)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 6 8
Saskatchewan 8 0 0 Z
TOTAL 16 6 8

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 26
NDP
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 56–57 17 Oct 2008 — 30 Sep 2009 0 11 13

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊕ Ryan Bater  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Herb Cox  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ John K. Gormley  m 
⊕ Gerry Ritz  m 
 		 ⊕ Ken Cheveldayoff  m 
⊕ Larry W. Doke  m 
⊕ John D. Hillson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,130 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3739(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
NDP
 1/5 14,516 42.53% +712 Loser:
PC
 13,804 40.45% John K. Gormley

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,128 Votes: 31,429 Participation: 65.30% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3436(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
NDP
 1/6 9,772 31.23% +729 Loser:
REF
 9,043 28.90% Delon Bleakney

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,692 Votes: 30,794 Participation: 63.24% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3131(F) — 1 Jul 2023 00:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
NDP
 2/4 8,535 27.80% -4,590 Winner:
REF
 13,125 42.75% Gerry Ritz
Eligible: 9,668 Votes: 7,197 Participation: 74.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Saskatchewan
5 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13592(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
NDP
 1/4 3,056 42.53% +922 Loser:
LIB
 2,134 29.70% John D. Hillson

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,295 Votes: 7,619 Participation: 81.97% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13669(F) — 13 Oct 2021 14:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
NDP
 1/5 3,332 43.81% +312 Loser:
SKP
 3,020 39.71% Herb Cox

Service: 3 years 11 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,528 Votes: 6,940 Participation: 72.84% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13727(F) — 13 Oct 2021 14:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
NDP
 2/4 2,475 35.83% -1,052 Winner:
SKP
 3,527 51.06% Herb Cox

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Leonard William (Len) Taylor, M.P.		 15 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Leonard William (Len) Taylor, député		 15 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Taylor, Len 1952 –  (p. 37)		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Len Taylor		 15 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Len Taylor		 15 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Mar 2024 20:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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