{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Julius Yankowsky | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|8|8}} | birth_place = Lamont, Alberta | office1 = MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | term_start1 = 1997 | term_end1 = 2004 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Ray Martin | office2 = MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont | term_start2 = 1993 | term_end2 = 1997 | party = Alberta Liberal Party<br />Progressive Conservative | spouse = Katherine Halisky | children = Jacqueline Steenson & Lorri Jankowski-Arndt | occupation = former surveyor, engineer, politician | alma_mater = }} '''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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173137/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3448600820.html HighBeam]</ref>
==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.<ref name="ed1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Edmonton-Beverly-Bel |title=Edmonton Beverly-Belmont 1993 official results |publisher=Alberta Heritage |accessdate=2008-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160008/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Edmonton-Beverly-Bel |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="ed2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |title=Edmonton Beverly-Clareview 1997 official results |publisher=Alberta Heritage |accessdate=2008-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160016/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> In the 2001 general election he was re-elected with a comfortable plurality over five other candidates.<ref name="ed3">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |title=Edmonton Beverly-Clareview 2001 official results |publisher=Alberta Heritage |accessdate=2008-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160025/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="hansard1">{{cite hansard|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chouserecords%5Cvp%5Clegislature_26%5Csession_2%5C20060829_1200_01_vp.pdf | house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=August 29, 2006 |title=Votes and Proceedings|page=1 |archivedate=October 5, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005104538/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/houserecords/vp/legislature_26/session_2/20060829_1200_01_vp.pdf}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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