Harold Taylor (Canadian politician)
Harold Taylor is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the riding of Wolseley for the Manitoba Liberal Party.[1]
In 1983 and 1986, he was elected to the Winnipeg City Council[2] in the Memorial district, as an independent candidate supporting the Liberal Party.
Taylor was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1988 provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democrat Myrna Phillips by 506 votes. The Liberals increased their parliamentary strength from one to twenty in this election, and Taylor sat with the official opposition for the next two years. In the 1990 provincial election, he lost to NDP candidate Jean Friesen by 1045 votes.[3]
Taylor subsequently became involved in water conservation, serving as Executive Director of the Red River Basin Commission.[4] He has also worked on the Pembina River Basin Advisory Board and the Water Strategy Advisory Committee.
Election results
[edit]| 1988 Manitoba general election: Wolseley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Taylor | 3,618 | 42.78 | + | ||||
| New Democratic | Myrna Phillips | 3,112 | 36.79 | - | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kirk Stanley | 1,579 | 18.67 | - | ||||
| Progressive | Derek Shettler | 149 | 1.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,458 | 100.00 | - | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 33 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,491 | 74.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,406 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[5] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Historical Results". City of Winnipeg. Archived from the original on 2010-09-12. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Wolseley". Manitoba. CBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Province may fund dredging Red to fight jams". Winnipeg Free Press. February 23, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Tuesday, December 14, 1999 Under "Introduction of Guests", mentions "we have with us today Harold Taylor, former MLA for Wolseley."