What is James A. Taylor?
[[File:James Taylor MPP 1979 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Taylor at the planning of the Norris Whitney Bridge]] '''James Allan Taylor''' (May 2, 1928 – September 1, 2020) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[lawyer]] and politician. He was in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1971 to 1987 and was a [[cabinet minister]] in the government of [[Bill Davis]]. Taylor was a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative Party]]. He was born in [[Timmins, Ontario|Timmins]], [[Ontario]]. Taylor served as the first [[mayor]] of [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]] from 1997 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pec.on.ca/pehac/historic_notes.html |title=Prince Edward County Historic Notes |publisher=PEC Heritage Advisory Committee}}</ref> Taylor died on September 1, 2020 in [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]], Ontario at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whattamfuneralhome.com/notice/2687 |title=James A. Taylor's obituary |access-date=2020-09-18 |archive-date=2020-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925090922/http://www.whattamfuneralhome.com/notice/2687 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, James A.}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian mayors]] [[Category:Canadian lawyers]] [[Category:People from Timmins]] [[Category:Politicians from Ontario]] {{bio-stub}}