Leslie Young (politician)

Leslie Gordon Young (born August 19, 1934) is a retired Canadian politician from Alberta.

He defeated three other candidates in the electoral district of Edmonton-Jasper for the Progressive Conservative party, who also formed government that year.

[1] In the 1975 Alberta general election, Young's popular vote increased and he won his electoral district in a landslide.

[2] In the 1979 general election, he won his district by a slightly smaller margin of victory compared to his 1975 win.

In the 1986 general election, Young finished just 71 votes ahead of Vair Clendenning of the New Democrats.