James A. Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1971–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Norris Whitney |
| Succeeded by | Keith MacDonald |
| Constituency | Prince Edward—Lennox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Allan Taylor May 2,1928 Timmins,Ontario,Canada |
| Died | September 1,2020 (aged 92) Belleville,Ontario,Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Marguerite Robinson (m. 1950) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto,Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
James Allan Taylor (May 2,1928 –September 1,2020) was a lawyer and politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis. Taylor was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. [1]
Taylor campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 federal election,as a candidate of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. He finished third in Scarborough East,against Liberal candidate Martin Patrick O'Connell. [2]
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election,defeating Liberal candidate Barry Young by 3,404 votes in Prince Edward—Lennox. [3] He served as a backbench supporter of Bill Davis's government for the next four years,and was re-elected with a reduced majority in the 1975 election. [4] On October 7,1975,Taylor was appointed to Davis's cabinet as Minister of Community and Social Services. [5]
Taylor was named as Davis's Minister of Energy on February 3,1977, [6] and was re-elected with a greatly increased majority in the 1977 election. [7] He was dropped from cabinet on January 21,1978,and again served as a government backbencher. [8] He was re-elected in the elections of 1981 [9] and 1985. [10]
After serving in government for forty-two years,the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a tenuous minority government in the 1985 election,and were subsequently defeated in the legislature on a motion of non-confidence. Taylor served in opposition as his party's Energy Critic,and did not run for re-election in 1987.
Taylor served as the first mayor of the amalgamated Prince Edward County from 1997 to 2003. [11] Taylor died on September 1,2020,aged 92. [12]
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