Ken Taylor (politician)

Ken Taylor
Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party
In office
1995–1997
Preceded byJack Cable
Succeeded byPat Duncan
Personal details
Political partyLiberal
Occupationteacher

Ken Taylor is a former Canadian politician, who was leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1995 to 1997.[1]

Taylor worked as a teacher prior to being selected as party leader in 1995.[2] He led the party into the 1996 general election, campaigning as a conciliatory alternative to the bitterly divided partisanship of Yukon politics.[2] He was the party's candidate in the electoral district of Mount Lorne. The party won three seats on election day, but Taylor's was not one of them.[3] Liberal MLA Jack Cable served as the party's interim leader in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, although Taylor retained the organizational leadership until Pat Duncan was selected as his successor in 1997.[1][4]

After the party won the 2000 election, Taylor was appointed by Dale Eftoda as the associate deputy minister of education.[5] More recently, he has served as head of Trails Only Yukon, a group for owners of recreational all-terrain vehicles.[6]

  1. ^ a b David Mutimer, Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs: 1997. University of Toronto Press, 2003. ISBN 9780802088031. p. 235.
  2. ^ a b " Liberals turn Yukon election into an unpredictable race". The Globe and Mail, September 28, 1996.
  3. ^ "Opposition may be chosen by draw". The Globe and Mail, October 2, 1996.
  4. ^ "Yukon Liberal leader acclaimed". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 1997.
  5. ^ "ADM job not political plum, Yukon Grits say". CBC North, May 15, 2001.
  6. ^ "Stephen Harper's ATV Ride In Yukon Ruffles Local Feathers". The Huffington Post, August 22, 2012.