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About Thomas William Taylor
- Thomas William Taylor (September 6, 1852 – February 24, 1924) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served as the 13th Mayor of Winnipeg, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1900 to 1914.
- Taylor was a member of the Conservative Party. Taylor was born in Portsmouth, England, and was educated in London, Ontario.
- He came to Winnipeg in 1877 and set up a bookbinding business two years letter.
- Taylor served as a Winnipeg alderman in 1892, was elected mayor 1893, and was re-elected without opposition in 1894.
- He was also the president of the Manitoba Rifle Association, and of the St.
- Andrew's Society.
- In religion, he was a member of the Church of England. Taylor first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1896 provincial election, and lost to Liberal Peter McIntyre by 238 votes in Winnipeg North.
- He was first elected to the legislature in a by-election, held for Winnipeg Centre on November 1, 1900.
- Taylor defeated Liberal candidate Robert Muir by 157 votes, and served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Roblin's administration.
- He was re-elected in the riding of Winnipeg Centre over the Liberal candidate, J.A.
- McArthur, in the elections of 1903 and 1907. He was returned to the legislature again in the 1910 election, under controversial circumstances.
- Taylor defeated Fred Dixon, a Labour candidate supported by the Liberal Party, by a margin of seventy-three votes.
- The Socialist Party also ran a candidate in Winnipeg Centre, who received ninety-nine votes.
- Some believe the Conservatives encouraged the Socialist campaign to ensure their own victory. Despite his municipal experience, Taylor was never appointed to cabinet.
- He did not seek re-election in 1914, and died ten years later. Taylor's son-in-law, W.C.
- Birt, took over the family's bookbinding business after Taylor's death.
- The Thomas William Taylor printing plant and book bindery remained open in Winnipeg until 1968. Taylor Avenue in Winnipeg is named for Thomas William Taylor.
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