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♂ Donald Emerson Taylor
aliasDonald Emerson Taylor
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 4 1 5
Birth 22 September 1933 → 90 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years
First mandate 8 September 1970 → 53 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 11 months
Death 7 October 2012 → 11 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 months after 12 May 1985
Special notes
None
 
Donald Emerson Taylor (1933–2012)
© Photo 1978 Legislative Assembly, Yukon — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Yukon 14 8 0 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. YT 23
INDE
 1 Speaker 41–45 07 Oct 1974 — 19 Nov 1978 4 1 12
2. YT 24
PC
 2 Speaker 45–48 20 Nov 1978 — 06 Jun 1982 3 6 17
3. YT 25
IND
 3 Speaker 48–51 07 Jun 1982 — 12 May 1985 2 11 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ David P. Porter  m 
 
 
Eligible: 959 Votes: 684 Participation: 71.32% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
22		 Yukon
8 September 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30351(F) — 17 Jan 2023 17:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
IND
 1/2 397 59.08% +122 Loser:
IND
 275 40.92% R.W. Stubenberg

Service: 4 years 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 642 Votes: 450 Participation: 70.09% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
23		 Yukon
7 October 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30342(F) — 17 Jan 2023 19:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
IND
 1/3 223 50.68% +113 Loser:
IND
 110 25.00% Johnny Friend

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 572 Votes: 419 Participation: 73.25% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
24		 Yukon
20 November 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27127(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/2 226 54.59% +38 Loser:
LIB
 188 45.41% Grant Taylor

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 653 Votes: 548 Participation: 83.92% Candidacies: 5
Territorial
25		 Yukon
7 June 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27145(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
IND
 1/5 170 31.25% +16 Loser:
IND
 154 28.31% Brian J. Shanahan

Service: 2 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 662 Votes: 568 Participation: 85.80% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
26		 Yukon
13 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 27161(F) — 11 Sep 2022 21:44 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
ICON
 2/4 174 30.74% -9 Winner:
NDP
 183 32.33% David P. Porter

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Donald Taylor (Yukon politician)		 29 Mar 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
Donald (Don) Taylor		 29 Mar 2024

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