David James Taylor (1889 – January 9, 1968)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204514891/david-james-taylor was an

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farmer and political figure. He represented

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in the

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from 1919 to 1934 as a Liberal- United Farmers, United Farmers,

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and finally

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member. He was born in

Keppel Township, Ontario Keppel may refer to: People * Alice Keppel (1869–1947), English society figure, Edward VII's last mistress, and great grandmother to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall * Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (1670–1718), the right-hand man of Will ...

, the son of George Taylor, and was educated in

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. He returned to take over the operation of the family farm. He resigned his seat in 1934 to accept an appointment as Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries.

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''Beautiful stoney Keppel : including the village of Shallow Lake, 1855-1986'', B Warrilow, B Siegrist, WB Shouldice (1986)
1889 births 1969 deaths United Farmers of Ontario MLAs {{Ontario-MPP-stub