Brooke Taylor
Brooke Taylor | |
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MLA for Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | |
In office 1993–2009 | |
Preceded by | Ken Streatch |
Succeeded by | Gary Burrill |
Personal details | |
Born | June 21, 1950 Musquodoboit Valley |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Brooke Taylor (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2009. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Born in Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Taylor was elected to Halifax County Council in 1991.[1] He was first elected provincially in a November 1993 by-election.[2] He was re-elected in the 1998,[3] 1999,[4] and 2003 general elections.[5] In February 2006, Taylor was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources.[6][7] Taylor was re-elected in the 2006 election,[8] and named Minister of Agriculture in a post-election cabinet shuffle.[9] In January 2009, Taylor was shuffled again, becoming Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.[10]
On May 5, 2009, Taylor announced he was not reoffering in the 2009 election.[1] At the time of his retirement he was the longest continuous serving Progressive Conservative MLA.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brookes great trip ends". Truro Daily News. May 6, 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "Tory candidate wins byelection". The Chronicle Herald. November 3, 1993. Archived from the original on February 26, 2000. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1998. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2003 (Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2003. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "MacDonald mixes cabinet with old and new". CBC News. February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "And the cabinet is . . .". The Chronicle Herald. February 25, 2006. Archived from the original on February 26, 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2006 (Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "MacDonald's expanded cabinet has 3 rookies". CBC News. June 26, 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "N.S. Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffles cabinet; one new face". Cape Breton Post. January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "Veteran Tory Brooke Taylor not running for re-election". May 6, 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-10.