Len Taylor

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Len Taylor
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Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
for The Battlefords
In office
November 5, 2003 – October 10, 2011
Preceded byJack Hillson (North Battleford)
Succeeded byHerb Cox
Member of Parliament
for The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
In office
November 21, 1988 – June 2, 1997
Preceded byJohn Kenneth Gormley
Succeeded byGerry Ritz (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Personal details
Born (1952-01-16) January 16, 1952 (age 69)
North Battleford, Saskatchewan

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, he served on the North Battleford, Saskatchewan city council, and was a federal NDP Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until 1997, 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 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 challenger Herb Cox in the 2011 election.

Prior to entering politics, Taylor worked as a journalist.

Electoral record[]

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Gerry Ritz 13,125 42.7 – $37,206
New Democratic (x) Len Taylor 8,535 27.8 – $49,152
Liberal Glenn Hornick 6,155 20.0 – $43,136
Progressive Conservative Ken Ritter 2,888 9.4 – $22,635
Total valid votes 30,703 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 91 0.3
Turnout 30,794 63

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