Genia Leskiw

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Genia Leskiw
MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Preceded by	Denis Ducharme
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)	Ronald Leskiw
Children	David, Lynna
Residence	Bonnyville, Alberta
Occupation	Middle school teacher (retired)
Religion	Ukrainian Orthodox

Eugenia "Genia" Leskiw is a Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Bonnyville-Cold Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the first woman and the first Ukrainian to represent the area.^[1] She is a member of the Progressive Conservatives and sits on several committees, including Privileges and Elections, the Standing Orders and Printing Committee, and the Special Standing Committee on Members Services.^[1]

Electoral history

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Genia Leskiw	4,797	49.12	*
	Wildrose	Roy Doonanco	4,106	42.05	%
	Liberal	Hubert Rodden	533	%5.46	%	*
	NDP	Luanne Bannister	392	%3.37	%	*
Total			'	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
					Swing %

2008 Alberta general election results^[2]			Turnout 28.14%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Genia Leskiw	4,437	75.54%	12.06%	*
	Liberal	Justin Yassoub	698	11.88%	-1.86%	*
	NDP	Jason Sloychuk	389	6.62%	1.15%	*
	Greens	Jennifer Brown	350	5.96%	*
Total			5,874	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			49
21,049 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 6.96%

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biography for Mrs. Genia Leskiw (PC)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 381–385.

v t e Current members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Progressive Conservative	Redford Amery Bhardwaj Bhullar Brown Calahasen Campbell Cao Casey Cusanelli Dallas DeLong Denis Dorward Drysdale Fawcett Fenske Fraser Fritz Goudreau Griffiths Hancock Horne Horner Hughes Jablonski Jansen Jeneroux J. Johnson L. Johnson Kennedy-Glans Khan Klimchuk Kubinec Lemke Leskiw Luan Lukaszuk McDonald McIver McQueen Oberle Olesen Olson Pastoor Quadri Quest Rodney Rogers Sarich Scott Starke VanderBurg Weadick Webber Woo-Paw Xiao Young Zwozdesky

Wildrose	Smith Anderson Anglin Barnes Bikman Donovan Forsyth Fox Hale McAllister Pedersen Rowe Saskiw Stier Strankman Towle Wilson

Liberal	Sherman Blakeman Hehr Kang Swann

New Democrat	Mason Bilous Eggen Notley

Independent	Allen Sandhu

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