Leonard William "Len" Taylor (born January 16, 1952) is a
Canadian politician and a former member of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing
The Battlefords. Taylor is a member of the
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.
From 2000 to 2003, and again since 2016, he served on the
North Battleford,
Saskatchewan city council, and was a
federal NDP
The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal List of political parties in Canada, political party in Canada. Widely described as Social democracy, social democratic,The party is widely described as soci ...
Member of Parliament in the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
from
1988
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until
1997
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, when he was defeated. He served as the party's House Leader from 1994 to 1996.
Taylor was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the re-created district of
The Battlefords in 2003, and was named to cabinet following the election as Minister of Government Relations. He became been
Saskatchewan's Minister of Health in February 2006, and was previously
Government House Leader in the
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) government. Taylor left government when his party was relegated to the opposition benches in the
2007 election, but held his own seat. He was defeated by
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a centre-right political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Since 2007, it has been the province's governing party; both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe. The party was esta ...
challenger
Herb Cox in the
2011 election.
Prior to entering politics, Taylor worked as a journalist.
Electoral record
, -
,
NDP
, Len Taylor
, align="right", 2,475
, align="right", 35.83%
, align="right", -7.99%
,
Liberal
, Ryan Bater
, align="right", 812
, align="right", 11.76%
, align="right", -1.60%
, - bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3, Total
!align="right", 6,907
!align="right", 100.00%
!align="right",
, -
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NDP
, Len Taylor
, align="right", 3,056
, align="right", 42.53%
, align="right", *
,
Liberal
,
Jack Hillson
, align="right", 2,134
, align="right", 29.70%
, align="right", *
, - bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3, Total
!align="right", 7,185
!align="right", 100.00%
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External links
MLA biography*
*
1952 births
Journalists from Saskatchewan
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan
New Democratic Party MPs
People from North Battleford
Saskatchewan Leaders of the Opposition
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
21st-century Canadian politicians
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