Claude D. Taylor was a real estate agent and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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. He represented Albert

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 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1952 until his death in 1970 as a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

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 member.

He was born in Edgett's Landing, Albert County, New Brunswick

Albert County, New Brunswick

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, the son of Douglas Taylor and Bernice Steeves, and was educated at the provincial normal school

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 in Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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 and at Mount Allison University

Mount Allison University

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. In 1938, he married Wynnifred Way.

Taylor served in the province's Executive Council

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 as Minister of Education and Municipal Affairs

Department of Education (New Brunswick)

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 from 1952 to 1954 and Minister of Education

Department of Education (New Brunswick)

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 from 1954 to 1960. Taylor was also a public school teacher for 13 years

Claude D. Taylor School

Claude D. Taylor School

Claude D. Taylor School, also known as Claude D. Taylor or C.D.T., is an elementary school in Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada.The school is named after Claude D. Taylor, who was New Brunswick's Minister of Education from 1952 to 1960....

 (an elementary school

Elementary school

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 in Riverview, New Brunswick

Riverview, New Brunswick

Riverview is a Canadian town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.Riverview is located on the south side of the Petitcodiac River, across from the cities of Moncton and Dieppe. Riverview has an area of , and a population density of...

)) is named in his honor.