Julius Yankowsky

Julius Edward Yankowsky (born August 8, 1938) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2004.^[1]

Julius Yankowsky
MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
In office 1997–2004
Succeeded by	Ray Martin
MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont
In office 1993–1997
Personal details
Born	(1938-08-08) August 8, 1938 (age 86) Lamont, Alberta
Political party	Alberta Liberal Party Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Katherine Halisky
Children	Jacqueline Steenson & Lorri Jankowski-Arndt
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	former surveyor, engineer, politician

Political career

Yankowsky first ran for the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 general election, in the electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont for the Liberal Party. He defeated incumbent New Democrat MLA Ed Ewasiuk.^[2] 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 Edmonton Beverly-Clareview.^[3] In the 2001 general election he was re-elected with a comfortable plurality over five other candidates.^[4] In the 2004 Alberta general election he was defeated by former NDP Leader Ray Martin.

On June 1, 2006 Yankowsky was appointed to the board of directors of the newly formed Alberta Association of Former MLAs.^[5]