Donald Emerson "Don" Taylor (b. September 22, 1933) is a former political figure in the Yukon

Yukon

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, Canada. He represented Watson Lake from 1961 to 1985 in the Yukon Territorial Council and then in the Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly

-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...

 from 1961 to 1985 as a Progressive Conservative

Yukon Party

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 then Independent member.

He was born in Toronto

Toronto

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, the son of Emerson R. Taylor and Olive Kennedy, and educated in Toronto, Aurora

Aurora, Ontario

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 and Lakefield. Johnston served as Speaker for the assembly from 1974 to 1985. Before entering politics, Taylor was employed in mining exploration and aviation.

Taylor was defeated by Dave Porter when he ran for reelection in 1985.

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