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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =   |
| name = Genia Leskiw
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Bonnyville]], Alberta
| office = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]] for [[Bonnyville-Cold Lake]]
| term_start = March 3, 2008
| term_end = May 5, 2015
| predecessor = [[Denis Ducharme]]
| successor = [[Scott Cyr]]
| spouse=Ronald Leskiw
| children=David, Lynna
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
| occupation = [[Middle school#Configurations|Middle school]] teacher (retired)
}}
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'''Eugenia "Genia" Leskiw''' (née '''Jereniuk'''; 1950) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, who was elected in the [[2008 Alberta general election|2008 provincial election]] to represent the [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] of [[Bonnyville-Cold Lake]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]], the first woman and the first [[Ukrainian-Canadian]] to represent the area.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://edmontonjournal.com/news/provincial-election-map/index.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330010118/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/provincial-election-map/index.html| archive-date = 2012-03-30| title = Edmonton Journal {{!}} Provincial Election Map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoukes.com/newpathway/9-2008_Page-1-1.html|title = 9-2008_Page-1-1}}</ref><ref name="Official Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=48 |title=Biography for Mrs. Genia Leskiw (PC) | publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | accessdate=2008-12-30}}</ref> She was a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|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.<ref name="Official Bio"/>

==Electoral history==
{{2008 Alberta general election/Bonnyville-Cold Lake}}
{{2012 Alberta general election/Bonnyville-Cold Lake}}

==References==
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[[Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs]]
[[Category:Women MLAs in Alberta]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Ukrainian descent]]

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