George Taylor (Canadian politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
George Taylor
Smallimage:George Taylor, Canadian politician.jpg
Constituency Mp:Leeds South
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:David Ford Jones
Successor:District was abolished in 1903
Term Start:1882
Term End:1904
Constituency Mp2:Leeds
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:District was created in 1903
Successor2:William Thomas White
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1911
Office3:Senator for Leeds, Ontario
Appointed3:Robert Borden
Term Start3:1911
Term End3:1919
Office4:Chief Government Whip
Predecessor4:Paul-Étienne Grandbois
Successor4:James Sutherland
Term Start4:1891
Term End4:1896
Birth Date:31 March 1840
Birth Place:Lansdowne, Upper Canada
Party:Conservative

George Taylor (March 31, 1840  - March 26, 1919) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Lansdowne, Leeds County, Upper Canada, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Leeds South in the 1882 federal election. A Conservative, he would be re-elected 7 more times until being summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Leeds, Ontario in 1911. He would sit in the Senate until his death in 1919 after having served in parliament for 37 years.

From 1891 to 1896, he was the Chief Government Whip and from 1901 to 1907 the Chief Opposition Whip.