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{{Short description|Canadian politician and lawyer}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Worship (style)|His Worship]]
| name             = Leonard Krog
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = Leonard Krog (cropped).jpg
| caption          =
| birth_date       = {{Birth based on age as of date|59|2013|5|1}}<ref name="TC130501">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c-election/nanaimo-candidates-and-riding-profile-1.107277|title = Nanaimo candidates and riding profile|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|date=2013-05-01|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref>
| birth_place      = [[Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]]
| residence        = 
| office           = Mayor of [[Nanaimo]]
| predecessor      = Bill McKay 
| term_start       = November 5, 2018
| assembly2        = British Columbia Legislative
| constituency_AM2 = [[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]]
| term_start2      = May 17, 2005
| term_end2        = November 30, 2018
| predecessor2     = [[Mike Hunter (politician)|Mike Hunter]]
| successor2       = [[Sheila Malcolmson]]
| assembly3        = British Columbia Legislative
| constituency_AM3 = [[Parksville-Qualicum]]
| term_start3      = October 17, 1991
| term_end3        = May 28, 1996
| predecessor3     = ''Riding Established''
| successor3       = [[Paul Reitsma]]
| party            = Independent (since 2018)
| otherparty       = [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] (before 2018)
| profession       = Lawyer
| spouse           = Sharon Krog
| children         = 
| alma_mater       = [[University of British Columbia]] [[Peter A. Allard School of Law|Faculty of Law]]
}}
'''Leonard Eugene Krog''' is a Canadian politician and lawyer in [[British Columbia]], who currently serves as mayor of [[Nanaimo]]. He previously served in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|provincial legislature]] on two occasions as a member of the [[British Columbia New Democratic Party]] (BC NDP), representing the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Parksville-Qualicum]] from 1991 to 1996, and the riding of [[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]] from 2005 to 2018.

==Biography==
Born in Nanaimo, Krog grew up in the community of [[Coombs, British Columbia|Coombs]] as the youngest of four children.<ref name="TC221001">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/2022-civic-election/leonard-krog-nanaimo-mayor-candidate-2022-5920447|title = Leonard Krog - Nanaimo mayor candidate 2022|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|date=2022-10-01|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref><ref name="TC181028">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/new-nanaimo-mayor-leonard-krog-traces-political-influence-to-his-granny-best-4667047|title = New Nanaimo mayor Leonard Krog traces political influence to his Granny Best|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|first=Carla|last=Wilson|date=2018-10-28|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref> His father Doug, a logging contractor, drowned when he was four, after which his mother Eileen returned to teaching.<ref name="TC181028"/> He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree from the [[University of British Columbia]] [[Peter A. Allard School of Law|Faculty of Law]] in 1979,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/alumchron/1.0224376/0|title = The UBC Caucus|publisher=The UBC Alumni Chronicle|date=1991|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref> and was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] in 1980.<ref name="TC221001"/> He operated a law practice in Nanaimo with his wife Sharon, whom he married in 1973; they have two children together.<ref name="TC130501"/><ref name="TC181028"/>

Krog was first elected as [[member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Parksville-Qualicum]] in the [[1991 British Columbia general election|1991 general election]].<ref name="TC181028"/> During that term, he served as a [[backbencher]] in the [[Mike Harcourt]] NDP government.  He ran for re-election in [[1996 British Columbia general election|1996]] but was defeated by [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]] candidate [[Paul Reitsma]].<ref name="Tyee050421">{{Cite web|url=https://thetyee.ca/Election/Battleground/2005/04/21/NanaimoParksville/print.html|title = Nanaimo and Nanaimo-Parksville Moving Left, Right|publisher=[[The Tyee]]|first=Will|last=McMartin|date=2005-04-21|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref> Following Reitsma's resignation in June 1998, Krog ran for the seat again in the December by-election, but lost to the Liberal's [[Judith Reid]].<ref name="TC181028"/><ref name="Tyee050421"/>

He attempted to re-enter the legislature by running for the NDP in the riding of [[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]] at the [[2001 British Columbia general election|2001 election]]. However, with the NDP trailing in the polls, he finished second behind Liberal candidate [[Mike Hunter (politician)|Mike Hunter]].<ref name="Tyee050421"/><ref name="2001elxn">{{cite web |url=https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2001GEResults/2001-SOVGeneralElection.pdf |title=Statement of Votes - 37th Provincial General Election |accessdate=2023-03-13 |publisher=[[Elections BC]] }}</ref> While out of the legislature, Krog ran in the [[2003 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election|2003 BC NDP leadership election]], finishing in second place behind [[Carole James]] in the second ballot.<ref name="TC181028"/><ref name="Tyee050421"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/b-c-new-democrats-pick-new-leader-1.369276|title=B.C. New Democrats pick new leader|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=2003-11-23|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref>

He faced Hunter again in the [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005 election]]; this time Krog won the seat in Nanaimo. He was subsequently re-elected in the [[2009 British Columbia general election|2009]], [[2013 British Columbia general election|2013]] and [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017]] elections,<ref name="BCLeg41"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/leonard-krog-fends-off-liberal-challenger-to-hold-nanaimo-seat-for-ndp-4588101|title=Leonard Krog fends off Liberal challenger to hold Nanaimo seat for NDP|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|first=Mike|last=Devlin|date=2013-05-14|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref> serving as opposition critic to the [[Attorney General of British Columbia|Attorney General]].<ref name="TC181028"/><ref name="BCLeg41"/> When the NDP formed government in 2017, Krog was appointed Government Caucus Chair in the legislature.<ref name="BCLeg41">{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/41st-Parliament/krog-Leonard|title = Leonard Eugene Krog|publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-mla-leonard-krog-to-chair-ndp-caucus-4651965|title=Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog to chair NDP caucus|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|first=Amy|last=Smart|date=2017-07-19|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref>

On [[2018 British Columbia municipal elections|October 20, 2018]], he was elected Mayor of Nanaimo;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/leonard-krog-elected-mayor-of-nanaimo-win-triggers-by-election-1.4143067|title=Leonard Krog elected mayor of Nanaimo, win triggers by-election|work=[[CIVI-DT|CTV News Vancouver Island]]|date=October 20, 2018|accessdate=October 21, 2018}}</ref> he resigned as Nanaimo MLA on November 30 of that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-mayor-leonard-krog-to-resign-as-mla-on-nov-30-4667756|title=Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog to resign as MLA on Nov. 30|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|first=Carla|last=Wilson|date=2018-11-23|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref> He handily won re-election in the [[2022 British Columbia municipal elections|2022 mayoral race]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/2022-civic-election/nanaimo-election-results-leonard-krog-hangs-onto-mayors-seat-5962355|title=Nanaimo election results: Leonard Krog handily wins mayor's seat|newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]]|first=Carla|last=Wilson|date=2022-10-16|accessdate=2023-03-30}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Nanaimo}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Nanaimo}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2009/Nanaimo}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2005/Nanaimo}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2001/Nanaimo}}
{{British Columbia provincial by-election, December 14, 1998/Parksville-Qualicum}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1996/Parksville-Qualicum}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1991/Parksville-Qualicum}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Leonard Krog}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060221180702/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/mla/38thParl/krog.htm Official Biography from the website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014854/http://www.bcndpcaucus.ca/en/mla/leonard_krog BC NDP Web Profile]
*[http://leonardkrog-mla.ca Authorized constituency web site]

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