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词条 George William Taylor
释义

  1. Background

  2. Politics

     Cabinet 

  3. After politics

  4. References

  5. External links

{{For|the American Civil War general of the same name|George W. Taylor (general)}}{{Infobox MLA
| name = George Taylor
| image =
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1977
| term_end = 1985
| predecessor = David Evans
| successor = Earl Rowe
| constituency = Simcoe Centre
| party = Progressive Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|11|05}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario
| spouse =
| children =
| relations =
| profession = Lawyer
}}

George William Taylor, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|QC}} (born November 5, 1937) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Taylor was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Background

Taylor was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and educated at McMaster University (received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960) and the Osgoode Hall Law School. He practiced as a lawyer in Barrie, taught business law at Georgian College for ten years, and was named a Queen's Counsel in 1977.[1] As of 2005, he is director of the United Appeal in Barrie, director of the Barrie YM-YWCA and campaign chairman for the Canadian Cancer Society. He also plays with the Barrie Oldtimers Hockey Team.[1]

Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Paul Wessenger by 5,434 votes in Simcoe Centre.[2] He served as a government backbench supporter for the next four years, and was re-elected in the 1981 election.[3] He was named to Davis's cabinet on February 13, 1982 as Solicitor General.[4] Taylor supported Larry Grossman's bid to succeed Davis as party leader, and was dropped from cabinet when Frank Miller became Premier of Ontario on February 8, 1985.[5] He did not run for re-election in 1985.[5]

Cabinet

{{s-start}}{{Canadian cabinet member navigational box header |ministry=Bill_Davis}}{{ministry box cabinet posts
| post1preceded = Roy McMurtry
| post1 = Solicitor General
| post1years = 1982–1985
| post1note =
| post1followed = John Williams
}}{{s-end}}

After politics

Taylor returned to his legal practice after leaving the legislature. In 2001, he was appointed to the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal by the government of Mike Harris.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/gallery/G237637.htm|title=Taylor, George William |work=McMaster Alumni Association |publisher=McMaster University |accessdate=24 January 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508000218/http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/gallery/G237637.htm |archivedate=8 May 2005}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Ontario provincial election results riding by riding |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 10, 1977 |page=D9}}
3. ^{{cite news|author=Canadian Press |title=Winds of change, sea of security |newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1444%2C1388326 |date=1981-03-20 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N14_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UFMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=902,3690686&dq=george-taylor+davis+cabinet&hl=en |title=Labor Leaders Wary Of Davis Cabinet Shuffle |date=February 15, 1982 |newspaper=Windsor Star |accessdate=24 January 2013}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=Former Solicitor-general Will Not Seek Re-election |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yr4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ae8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936,1103016&dq=george-taylor+solicitor-general&hl=en |agency=The Canadian Press |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=23 March 1985 |page=A22 |accessdate=23 January 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/37_parl/session1/Committees/agencies/a024.htm |title=Subcommittee reports - Intended appointments |work=Hansard |publisher=Government of Ontario |accessdate=24 January 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010708120228/http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/37_parl/session1/Committees/agencies/a024.htm#P20_1936 |archivedate=8 July 2001 |df= }}

External links

  • {{Ontario MPP biography|ID=672}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, George}}

6 : 1937 births|Living people|Members of the Executive Council of Ontario|Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario|Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs|Canadian Queen's Counsel

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