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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{BLP no footnotes|BLP=yes|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image           = Len Taylor.JPG
| name            = Len Taylor
| caption         = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1952|1|16}}
| birth_place     = [[North Battleford, Saskatchewan]]
| residence       = 
| assembly        = Saskatchewan Legislative
| constituency_AM = [[The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)|The Battlefords]]
| term_start      = November 5, 2003
| term_end        = October 10, 2011
| predecessor     = [[Jack Hillson]] (North Battleford)
| successor       = [[Herb Cox]]
| riding1         = [[The Battlefords—Meadow Lake]]
| parliament1     = Canadian
| term_start1     = November 21, 1988
| term_end1       = June 2, 1997
| predecessor1    = [[John Kenneth Gormley]]
| successor1      = [[Gerry Ritz]] ([[Battlefords—Lloydminster]])
| occupation      = 
}}
'''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 (provincial electoral district)|The Battlefords]]. Taylor is a member of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]].

From 2000 to 2003, and again since 2016, he served on the [[North Battleford]], [[Saskatchewan]] [[city council]], and was a [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|federal NDP]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988]] until [[1997 Canadian federal election|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 (provincial electoral district)|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 [[Government House Leader (Saskatchewan)|Government House Leader]] in the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]] (NDP) government. Taylor left government when his party was relegated to the opposition benches in the [[2007 Saskatchewan general election|2007 election]], but held his own seat. He was defeated by [[Saskatchewan Party]] challenger [[Herb Cox]] in the [[2011 Saskatchewan general election|2011 election]].

Prior to entering politics, Taylor worked as a journalist.

== Electoral record ==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Saskatchewan general election|2011 Saskatchewan election]]}}
|-
{{CANelec |SK |Saskatchewan |[[Herb Cox]] |3,527 |51.06% |+11.40%}}
{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]]
|'''Len Taylor'''
|align="right"|2,475
|align="right"|35.83%
|align="right"|-7.99%
{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}}
|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Ryan Bater
|align="right"|812
|align="right"|11.76%
|align="right"|-1.60%
{{CANelec|SK|Green|Owen Swiderski|93|1.35%|-1.04%}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,907
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{CANelec/gain|SK|Saskatchewan|NDP|-}}
{{election box end}}

{{2007 Saskatchewan general election/The Battlefords}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2003 Saskatchewan general election|2003 Saskatchewan election]], The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]]
|'''Len Taylor'''
|align="right"|3,056
|align="right"|42.53%
|align="right"|*
{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}}
|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Jack Hillson]]
|align="right"|2,134
|align="right"|29.70%
|align="right"|*
{{CANelec |SK |Saskatchewan |[[Larry Doke]] |1,856 |25.83% |*}}
{{CANelec |SK |Western Independence |Gordon Elias |139 |1.94% |*}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,185
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}

{{1997 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Len Taylor}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060217063706/http://ndpcaucus.sk.ca/bio/mbr.php3/Taylor.html MLA biography]
* {{Official website|http://www.lentaylormla.ca/}}
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6165}}
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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Journalists from Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:New Democratic Party MPs]]
[[Category:People from North Battleford]]
[[Category:Leaders of the opposition of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]]

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