title: Julius Yankowsky
text: # Julius Yankowsky
  
  Julius Edward Yankowsky (born August 8, 1938) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2004.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Yankowsky first ran for the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 general election, in the electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont for the Liberal Party. He defeated incumbent New Democrat MLA Ed Ewasiuk. A year into his first term in office Yankowsky crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservative Party. In the 1997 general election he was re-elected in the new electoral district of Edmonton Beverly-Clareview. In the 2001 general election he was re-elected with a comfortable plurality over five other candidates. In the 2004 Alberta general election he was defeated by former NDP Leader Ray Martin.
  
  On June 1, 2006 Yankowsky was appointed to the board of directors of the newly formed Alberta Association of Former MLAs.
  
  