For the college basketball coach, see Harold Taylor (basketball coach)

Harold Taylor (basketball coach)

Harold Taylor was an American basketball coach. He succeeded L.J. Cooke as the second coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team. Taylor was the Gophers head coach for three seasons, from 1924 to 1927, and finished with a 19-30 career record. Taylor served as Cooke's assistant...

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Harold Taylor is a politician

Politician

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 in Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 from 1988 to 1990, representing the riding

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 of Wolseley for the Manitoba Liberal Party

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In 1983 and 1986, he was elected to the Winnipeg City Council in the Memorial district, as an independent candidate supporting the Liberal Party.

Taylor was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1988 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1988

The Manitoba general election of April 26, 1988 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a minority government...

, defeating incumbent New Democrat

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 Myrna Phillips

Myrna Phillips

Myrna Phillips is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and served as speaker of the assembly from 1986 to 1988.Phillips was born in Roland, Manitoba...

 by 506 votes. The Liberals increased their parliamentary strength from one to twenty in this election, and Taylor sat with the official opposition for the next two years. In the 1990 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1990

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, he lost to NDP candidate Jean Friesen

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 by 1045 votes.

Taylor subsequently became involved in water conservation, serving as Executive Director of the Red River Basin Commission. He has also worked on the Pembina River Basin Advisory Board and the Water Strategy Advisory Committee.