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.