Leonard Krog

Leonard Eugene Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia, who currently serves as mayor of Nanaimo. He previously served in the provincial legislature on two occasions as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum from 1991 to 1996, and the riding of Nanaimo from 2005 to 2018.

His Worship Leonard Krog
Mayor of Nanaimo
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2018
Preceded by	Bill McKay
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Nanaimo
In office May 17, 2005 – November 30, 2018
Preceded by	Mike Hunter
Succeeded by	Sheila Malcolmson
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Parksville-Qualicum
In office October 17, 1991 – May 28, 1996
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Paul Reitsma
Personal details
Born	1953 or 1954 (age 70–71)[1] Nanaimo, British Columbia
Political party	Independent (since 2018)
Other political affiliations	New Democrat (before 2018)
Spouse	Sharon Krog
Alma mater	University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
Profession	Lawyer

Biography

Born in Nanaimo, Krog grew up in the community of Coombs as the youngest of four children.^[2][3] His father Doug, a logging contractor, drowned when he was four, after which his mother Eileen returned to teaching.^[3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 1979,^[4] and was called to the bar in 1980.^[2] He operated a law practice in Nanaimo with his wife Sharon, whom he married in 1973; they have two children together.^[1][3]

Krog was first elected as member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Parksville-Qualicum in the 1991 general election.^[3] During that term, he served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for re-election in 1996 but was defeated by BC Liberal candidate Paul Reitsma.^[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.^[3][5]

He attempted to re-enter the legislature by running for the NDP in the riding of Nanaimo at the 2001 election. However, with the NDP trailing in the polls, he finished second behind Liberal candidate Mike Hunter.^[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.^[3][5][7]

He faced Hunter again in the 2005 election; this time Krog won the seat in Nanaimo. He was subsequently re-elected in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 elections,^[8][9] serving as opposition critic to the Attorney General.^[3][8] When the NDP formed government in 2017, Krog was appointed Government Caucus Chair in the legislature.^[8][10]

On October 20, 2018, he was elected Mayor of Nanaimo;^[11] he resigned as Nanaimo MLA on November 30 of that year.^[12] He handily won re-election in the 2022 mayoral race.^[13]

Electoral record

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	12,746	46.54	+0.83	$27,486
	Liberal	Paris Gaudet	8,911	32.54	−4.66	$68,406
	Green	Kathleen Harris	5,454	19.91	+9.31	$5,042
	Libertarian	Bill Walker	277	1.01	–	$2,583
Total valid votes			27,388	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			137	0.50	+0.06
Turnout			27,525	62.30	+4.14
Registered voters			44,184
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.75
Source: Elections BC[14]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	10,821	46.25	−7.08	$57,730
	Liberal	Walter Douglas Anderson	8,568	36.62	+0.32	$37,016
	Green	Ian Elliot Gartshore	2,532	10.82	+1.68	$5,020
	Conservative	Bryce Nelson Crigger	1,221	5.22	–	$6,297
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	253	1.09	–	$1,339
Total valid votes			23,395	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			103	0.44	−0.27
Turnout			23,498	57.96	+0.84
Registered voters			40,545
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−3.70
Source: Elections BC[15]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	11,877	53.33	+7.9
	Liberal	Jeet Manhas	8,086	36.31	-6.2
	Green	Dirk Becker	2,036	9.14	-0.8
	Refederation	Linden Robert Shaw	272	1.22
Total valid votes			22,271	99.29
Total rejected ballots			160	0.71
Turnout			22,431	57.12
Eligible voters			39,273
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.1

^ Change is based on redistributed results.

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	13,226	51.90	+21.67
	Liberal	Mike Hunter	8,657	33.97	-10.67
	Green	Doug Catley	2,933	11.51	-5.94
	Marijuana	Mat Dillon	294	1.15	-2.92
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	204	0.80	-0.11
	Refederation	Linden Robert Shaw	169	0.66	–
Total valid votes			25,483	99.45
Total rejected ballots			140	0.55	+0.05
Turnout			25,623	62.83	-7.04
Eligible voters			40,782
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.17

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike Hunter	9,748	44.64	+11.28	$46,911
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	6,602	30.23	-18.51	$15,152
	Green	Doug Catley	3,810	17.45	+15.33	$3,225
	Marijuana	Donald Edgar Lavallée	889	4.07	–	$428
	Unity	Steve Miller	588	2.69	–	$1,799
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	199	0.91	–	$530
Total valid votes			21,836	99.50
Total rejected ballots			110	0.50	-0.27
Turnout			21,946	69.87	+0.08
Registered voters			31,412
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.90

v t e British Columbia provincial by-election, December 14, 1998: Parksville-Qualicum
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judith Reid	13,862	52.61	+11.42	$80,746
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	5,978	22.69	-17.03	$51,078
	Progressive Democrat	Bruce Hampson	3,585	13.61	+8.50	$32,872
	Reform	Roger Rocan	1,560	5.92	-6.19	$13,303
	Green	Stuart Parker	458	1.74	+0.45	$100
	Independent	Brunie Brunie	419	1.67	–	$650
	Independent	Bruce Ryder	163	0.62	–	$106
	Independent	Les Blank	136	0.51	–	$923
	Family Coalition	Mary Elinor Moreau	94	0.35	–	$1,849
	British Columbia Party	John Motiuk	74	0.28	–	$9,988
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,349	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			55	0.38
Turnout			26,404	60.09
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.22
By-election due to the resignation of Paul Reitsma
Source(s) "December 14, 1998 By-election" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. December 14, 1998. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election: Parksville-Qualicum
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Reitsma	13,459	41.19	+5.90
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	12,976	39.72	-0.52
	Reform	Teunis Westbroek	5,846	12.11	–
	Progressive Democrat	Garner Stone	1,669	5.11	–
	Green	Mark Robinson	422	1.29	+0.12
	Natural Law	Cliff Brown	110	0.34	–
	Common Sense	David Martin	81	0.24	–
Total valid votes			32,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143	0.44
Turnout			32,815	77.12
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.21

v t e 1991 British Columbia general election: Parksville-Qualicum
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Leonard Krog	10,408	40.24	$47,385.69
	Liberal	William J. Patrick	9,128	35.29	$4,703.30
	Social Credit	Janet Crapo	5,846	22.60	$67,722.89
	Green	Ernie Yacob	303	1.17	$$596.50
	Family Coalition	Augustine J. Cunningham	180	0.70	$439.00
Total valid votes			25,863	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Turnout			26,261	79.24

References

1. "Nanaimo candidates and riding profile". Times-Colonist. May 1, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
2. "Leonard Krog - Nanaimo mayor candidate 2022". Times-Colonist. October 1, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
3. Wilson, Carla (October 28, 2018). "New Nanaimo mayor Leonard Krog traces political influence to his Granny Best". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
4. "The UBC Caucus". The UBC Alumni Chronicle. 1991. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
5. McMartin, Will (April 21, 2005). "Nanaimo and Nanaimo-Parksville Moving Left, Right". The Tyee. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
6. "Statement of Votes - 37th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
7. "B.C. New Democrats pick new leader". CBC News. November 23, 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
8. "Leonard Eugene Krog". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
9. Devlin, Mike (May 14, 2013). "Leonard Krog fends off Liberal challenger to hold Nanaimo seat for NDP". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
10. Smart, Amy (July 19, 2017). "Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog to chair NDP caucus". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
11. "Leonard Krog elected mayor of Nanaimo, win triggers by-election". CTV News Vancouver Island. October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
12. Wilson, Carla (November 23, 2018). "Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog to resign as MLA on Nov. 30". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
13. Wilson, Carla (October 16, 2022). "Nanaimo election results: Leonard Krog handily wins mayor's seat". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
14. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
15. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

External links

• Official Biography from the website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• BC NDP Web Profile
• Authorized constituency web site