Julius Edward Yankowsky (born August 8, 1938) is a former politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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Political career

Yankowsky first ran for the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 general election, in the electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont for the

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. He defeated incumbent

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MLA

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. A year into his first term in office Yankowsky crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservative Party. In the 1997 general election he was re-elected in the new electoral district of

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. In the 2001 general election he was re-elected with a comfortable plurality over five other candidates. In the

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he was defeated by former

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Leader Ray Martin. On June 1, 2006 Yankowsky was appointed to the board of directors of the newly formed Alberta Association of Former MLAs.

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