Leonard William "Len" Taylor (born January 16, 1952) is a

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politician and a former member of the

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, representing

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. Taylor is a member of the

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. From 2000 to 2003, and again since 2016, he served on the

North Battleford North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the seventh largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the town of Battleford. Together, the two communities are known as "The B ...

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, and was a federal NDP Member of Parliament in the

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from

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until

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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

in the re-created district of

in 2003, and was named to cabinet following the election as Minister of Government Relations. He became been

's Minister of Health in February 2006, and was previously

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in the

(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

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challenger

Herb Cox Herb Cox (born 1950 or 1951) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election, representing the electoral district of The Battlefords as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. Cox served in ...

in the 2011 election. Prior to entering politics, Taylor worked as a journalist.

Electoral record

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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 Leaders of the opposition of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{NDP-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub