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Memorable Manitobans: William Murdoch Taylor (1858-?)Farmer, municipal official. Born in Scotland on 15 January 1858, son of Isabella Taylor (1823-?), he came to Canada in 1880 and farmed in the vicinity of Beulah. For the Rural Municipality of Miniota, he was a councillor (1895-1899) and Reeve (1900-1906). In this capacity, he attended the 1905 founding meeting in Brandon of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities. He was a Conservative candidate for the Birtle constituency in the 1914 provincial general election but was defeated by George Malcolm. Sources:1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy. Bridging the Years, 1879-1967, Women's Institute of Arrow River and Miniota, 1967, page 21. [Manitoba Legislative Library] This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 22 November 2008
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