Len Skowronski | |
Office1: | Leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party |
Term Start1: | 2007 |
Term End1: | 2016 |
Predecessor1: | Lavern Ahlstrom |
Successor1: | Jeremy Fraser |
Birth Name: | Leonard Michael Skowronski |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1940 |
Birth Place: | Radway, Alberta, Canada |
Death Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Party: | Alberta Social Credit Party |
Spouse: | Nadie |
Children: | 2 |
Leonard Michael Skowronski (September 8, 1940 – March 29, 2024) was a Canadian politician who was the leader of the provincial Social Credit Party in Alberta, Canada, between 2007 and 2016.[1] He was elected at a leadership convention held on November 3, 2007 in Red Deer to replace Lavern Ahlstrom who resigned.
Skowronski lived 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]
Skowronski died on March 29, 2024, at the age of 83.[4]