Don Taylor | |
Birth Name: | Donald Emerson Taylor |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1933 |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
Death Place: | Watson Lake, Yukon |
Term Start: | 1961 |
Term End: | 1985 |
Successor: | Dave Porter |
Party: | Yukon Progressive Conservative Party |
Donald Emerson "Don" Taylor (September 22, 1933 – October 7, 2012) was a former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Watson Lake in the Yukon Territorial Council from 1961 to 1978, and then in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985, as a Progressive Conservative then Independent member.
He was born in Toronto, the son of Emerson R. Taylor and Olive Kennedy, and educated in Toronto, Aurora and Lakefield. Johnston served as Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1985. Before entering politics, Taylor was employed in mining exploration and aviation.
Taylor was defeated by Dave Porter when he ran for reelection in 1985.[1] He died in 2012 of lung cancer.[2]