Julian Koziak

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| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name = Julian Koziak

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|birth_name=Julian Gregory Joseph Koziak

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1940|9|16}}

| birth_place =Edmonton, Alberta

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Edmonton-Strathcona

| term_start = 1971

| term_end = 1986

| predecessor = none

| successor = Gordon Wright

| party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

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| alma_mater=University of Alberta

| spouse=Barbara Lee Melnychuk
(m. 19 Aug 1961)

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Julian Gregory Joseph Koziak {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (born 16 September 1940) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986.{{cite journal|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1965|publisher=P.G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t11LAAAAMAAJ|access-date=2015-08-16}} He was the son of John Harry and Marie (née Woytkiw) Koziak.{{cite book|title=The Canadian Who's who|author=Simpson, K.|journal=Canadian Who's Who: With Which is Incorporated "Canadian Men and Women of the Time"|date=1994|volume=29|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9780802046772|issn=0068-9963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lv8LAQAAMAAJ|access-date=2015-08-16}}

Political career

Koziak first ran in the 1971 Alberta general election in the district of Edmonton-Strathcona. He defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA and Minister of Health Joseph Donovan Ross with nearly 50% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1971&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|title=Edmonton-Strathcona election results 1971|publisher=Alberta Heritage|access-date=2008-04-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612173403/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1971&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|archive-date=2011-06-12}}

In the 1975 general election he faced New Democrat Gordon Wright for the first time. He easily won the six-way race.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|title=Edmonton-Strathcona election results 1975|publisher=Alberta Heritage|access-date=2008-04-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612173411/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|archive-date=2011-06-12}} After the election, Koziak was appointed Minister of Education by Peter Lougheed.

In the 1979 general election, Koziak won a rematch against Wright by a 5% margin and with 45% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|title=Edmonton-Strathcona election results 1979|publisher=Alberta Heritage|access-date=2008-04-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612173419/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|archive-date=2011-06-12}} After the election, Lougheed moved Koziak to the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.

In the 1982 general election he faced Wright for a third time and defeated him by a slim margin. Both Wright and Koziak increased their share of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|title=Edmonton-Strathcona election results 1982|publisher=Alberta Heritage|access-date=2008-04-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612173435/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|archive-date=2011-06-12}} Koziak was then appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs.

Koziak ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party in 1985 and was defeated by Don Getty on the second ballot.{{cite web|url=http://www.gunzburger.com/Koziak-Julian.htm|title=Julian G.J. Koziak|publisher=Politics 1|author=Ron Gunzberger|access-date=2008-04-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219233645/http://www.gunzburger.com/Koziak-Julian.htm|archive-date=2007-12-19}} In the 1986 general election he faced Gordon Wright once again; this time he was defeated.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|title=Edmonton-Strathcona election results 1986|publisher=Alberta Heritage|access-date=2008-04-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612173446/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Edmotnon-Strathcona|archive-date=2011-06-12}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

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Category:1940 births

Category:Living people

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta

Category:Politicians from Edmonton

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta