Len Skowronski

Leonard "Len" Skowronski (born c. 1941)[1] is a politician who was the leader of the provincial Social Credit Party in Alberta, Canada, between 2007 and 2016. He was elected at a leadership convention held on November 3, 2007 in Red Deer to replace Lavern Ahlstrom who resigned.

Skowronski lives 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]

Electoral record

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

2. "Social Credit Leaders bio". Alberta Social Credit Party. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
3. "Anti-Abortion activists stage an "invalid takeover" of Alberta's Social Credit Party | daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics". daveberta.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-23.

External links

• Social Credit Constituency Associations

Party political offices
Preceded by Lavern Ahlstrom	Social Credit Party of Alberta Leader 2007–2016	Succeeded by Jeremy Fraser