Douglas Graham Taylor (July 4, 1936 – October 7, 2009
) was an educator, farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. He represented
Indian Head-Wolseley from 1982 to 1991 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan () is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, in the ...
as a
Progressive Conservative member.
He was born near
Moffat, Saskatchewan, the son of Robert Taylor, and was educated in
Candiac, in
Wolseley and at the
University of Regina
The University of Regina is a public university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a j ...
, where he received a
BEd and a diploma in Educational Administration. Taylor taught school in
Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
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and Wolseley, also serving as high school principal. He also operated a farm north of Wolseley. In October 1959, he married Katherine Isabel Garden.
Taylor ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservative party. He was house leader for the official opposition in the Saskatchewan assembly and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Health, as Minister of Tourism and Small Business, as Minister of Supply and Services. as Minister of Tourism, Small Business and Co-operatives and as Minister of Public Participation. Taylor resigned from cabinet in October 1989 to become
agent-general
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for the province in
Hong Kong
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. He was removed from that post in 1991 when the
New Democratic Party
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closed Saskatchewan's trade offices. Also in 1991, he retired from politics to the family farm near Wolseley.
Taylor died in Wolseley from a
heart attack
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at the age of 73, a few days after celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary.
References
1936 births
2009 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs
Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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