Len Taylor

Template:Short description Template:BLP no footnotes Template:Use Canadian English 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. 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 federal NDP Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until 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 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 in the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) government. Taylor left government when his party was relegated to the opposition benches in the 2007 election, but held his own seat. He was defeated by Saskatchewan Party challenger Herb Cox in the 2011 election.

Prior to entering politics, Taylor worked as a journalist.

Electoral record

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2011 Saskatchewan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Len Taylor	2,475	35.83%	-7.99%	Liberal	Ryan Bater	812	11.76%	-1.60%
Total			6,907	100.00%

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2003 Saskatchewan election, The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Len Taylor	3,056	42.53%	*	Liberal	Jack Hillson	2,134	29.70%	*
Total			7,185	100.00%

External links

• MLA biography
• Len Taylor – Parliament of Canada biography