Genia Leskiw
Canadian politician
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| Intro | Canadian politician | |
| Places | Canada | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
| Gender |
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| Birth | 1950 | |
| Age | 75 years | |
| Politics: | Progressive Conservative Association Of Alberta |
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Biography
Eugenia "Genia" Leskiw (née Jereniuk; 1950) is a Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Bonnyville-Cold Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the first woman and the first Ukrainian-Canadian to represent the area. She was a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus and sat on several committees, including Privileges and Elections, the Standing Orders and Printing Committee, and the Special Standing Committee on Members Services.
Electoral history
| 2008 Alberta general election: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Genia Leskiw | 4,437 | 75.54% | +12.06% | ||||
| Liberal | Justin Yassoub | 698 | 11.88% | -1.86% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jason Sloychuk | 389 | 6.62% | +1.15% | ||||
| Green | Jennifer Brown | 350 | 5.96% | |||||
| Total | 5,874 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,049 | 28.14% | -4.21% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.96% | ||||||
Source(s) The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 381–385. | ||||||||
| 2012 Alberta general election: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Genia Leskiw | 4,816 | 49.09% | -26.45% | ||||
| Wildrose | Roy Doonanco | 4,128 | 42.08% | |||||
| Liberal | Hubert Rodden | 535 | 5.45% | -6.43% | ||||
| New Democratic | Luanne Bannister | 330 | 3.36% | -3.26% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,809 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 85 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,170 | 44.63% | +16.49% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -34.27% | ||||||