Leonard Krog

Leonard Eugene Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia, who currently serves as mayor of Nanaimo.

[2][3] His father Doug, a logging contractor, drowned when he was four, after which his mother Eileen returned to teaching.

[2] He operated a law practice in Nanaimo with his wife Sharon, whom he married in 1973; they have two children together.

[5] 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.

[5][6] While out of the legislature, Krog ran in the 2003 BC NDP leadership election, finishing in second place behind Carole James in the second ballot.