Carole Taylor, (born Carol Goss on November 16, 1945) is a Canadian school chancellor, journalist and former politician. She also served as the

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from June 2011 until June 2014. She previously served as British Columbia's Minister of Finance from 2005 until 2008 in the government of Liberal premier

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TV career

Taylor was Miss Toronto 1964, and co-hosted

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's ''After Four'', a show for teenagers. She later appeared on several other CFTO shows, including ''Toronto Today'', ''Topic'', and her own ''Carole Taylor Show''. She and

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were the first co-hosts of ''

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'' when the show premiered on CTV in 1972. She has also been the host of ''

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'' and ''Pacific Report''. Her career in journalism lasted for over 20 years.

Political life

In Vancouver, she served as an independent member of

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from 1986 to 1990. She served as chair of the

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from 2001 to 2002. She was chair of the

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from July 16, 2001, until March 14, 2005, when she resigned to seek the nomination of the

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in that province's 2005 election. On May 17, 2005, she was elected to

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in the 2005 election as the member representing

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. On June 16, 2005, she was named

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. As the Minister of Finance, she signed up 100% of all BC public sector contracts before they were set to expire. Perhaps her most controversial achievement was the introduction of the first

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in North America. On November 30, 2007, she announced that she would not be running for re-election in the 2009 election. In one of her last acts as Finance Minister, Carole Taylor ended the corporate capital tax on banks—$100 million a year in government revenue. Upon leaving government, Taylor joined the TD Bank board where she stood to earn $145,000 to $300,000 per year. She was courted to run for mayor of Vancouver in the 2008 municipal election, she announced on January 8, 2008, that she would not run. On December 18, 2008, she announced her resignation from the Legislative Assembly after accepting an appointment to a federal

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advisory panel.

Personal life

She is the widow of former Vancouver mayor

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Education

Carole Taylor graduated from

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in 1964. She later attended

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at the

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and graduated with a BA in English in 1967.

Awards

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''honoris causa'' –

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, 2009Carole Taylor and Dr. Peter Ransford recognized for their contribution to British Columbia with JIBC Honorary Degrees
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References

External links

Biography at Canadian Communications Foundation
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