Brooke Taylor (born June 21, 1950) is a

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politician. He represented the

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of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley in the

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from 1993 to 2009. He was a member of the

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. Born in

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, Nova Scotia, Taylor was elected to Halifax County Council in 1991. He was first elected provincially in a November 1993 by-election. He was re-elected in the

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, and

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general elections. In February 2006, Taylor was appointed to the

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as Minister of Natural Resources. Taylor was re-elected in the 2006 election, and named Minister of Agriculture in a post-election cabinet shuffle. In January 2009, Taylor was shuffled again, becoming Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. On May 5, 2009, Taylor announced he was not reoffering in the 2009 election. At the time of his retirement he was the longest continuous serving Progressive Conservative MLA.

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