Edmund Landor Taylor (December 14, 1860 – September 9, 1934) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1913 to 1915, as a member of the

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. Taylor was born in

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, Canada West (now

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), the son of Henry J. Taylor and Mary Redmond. He attended high school in Gananoque, and moved to Manitoba in 1881. Taylor continued his education, and attended the

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Collegiate Institute and the Manitoba Provincial Normal School, receiving a First Class Teacher's Certificate. He worked as the deputy register of Rock Lake County from 1881 to 1883, and worked as an educator from 1883 to 1886. In 1886, he began training as a law student with

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, later the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. He continued his studies in the firms of Tupper, Phippen & Tupper after 1892, and was called to the bar in 1895. He worked as a barrister-at-law after this time. Taylor was also a director of several companies. In 1902, Taylor married Una C. Preston. In religion, he was a

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. He was named a

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in 1907. He sought election to the

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in a

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for the riding of

, held on April 27, 1894. This by-election was called after the previous election of

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was declared void. Running as the Conservative candidate, Taylor lost to

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Richard Willis Jameson by 1,115 votes. He campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the

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constituency in the 1910 provincial election, and lost to

candidate James Baird by 282 votes. He was elected to the legislature three years later in a

for the Gimli constituency, held on May 12, 1913. On this occasion, Taylor defeated Liberal candidate A. Eggerston by 842 votes. He served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Roblin's government. Taylor was re-elected for the constituency of

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in the 1914 provincial election, defeating Liberal

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by 101 votes. He continued to serve as a government backbencher. The Roblin administration was forced to resign from office in 1915 amid a serious corruption scandal. A new election was called, which the Liberal Party won in a landslide. Taylor was not a candidate for re-election. Taylor died in Winnipeg in 1934.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Edmund 1860 births 1934 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Canadian King's Counsel