title: Len Skowronski
text: # Len Skowronski
  
  Leonard "Len" Skowronski (born c. 1941) is a politician who was the leader of the provincial Social Credit Party in Alberta, Canada, between 2007 and 2016. He was elected at a leadership convention held on November 3, 2007 in Red Deer to replace Lavern Ahlstrom who resigned.
  
  Skowronski lives 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. 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.
  
  ## Electoral record
  
  vte2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Hawkwood :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | Michael Connolly | 7,443 | 36.35% | 31.63% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 6,378 | 31.15% | -15.95% |
  | | Wildrose | Jae Shim | 4,448 | 21.72% | -14.68% |
  | | Alberta Party | Beth Barberree | 925 | 4.52% | 3.26% |
  | | Liberal | Harbaksh Singh Sekhon | 736 | 3.59% | -4.86% |
  | | Green | Polly Knowlton Cockett | 455 | 2.22% | 1.19% |
  | | Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 90 | 0.44% | -0.09% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 20,475 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 33,523 | 61.28% | 3.50% |
  | | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -2.75% |
  | Source(s) Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  