Preceded by William Bertram Preceded by William Vowles Preceded by Herbert McPhail | Succeeded by George Pollock Succeeded by Arthur Moore Succeeded by Herbert Williams | |
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Died 27 April 1944, Brisbane, Australia Party Country and Progressive National Party | ||
Charles Taylor (24 March 1861 - 27 April 1944) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Taylor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of the George Taylor and his wife Mary Albina (née Holder). After attending the Church of England school in Ballarat he was an agent for a produce firm in Sydney, before running a seed and produce agency in Brisbane.
On the 31st January 1884, Taylor married Emma Jane Skewes (died 1942) in Ballarat and together had two sons and a daughter. He died in Brisbane in April 1944 and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.
Public life
Taylor started his career in politics as an alderman on the Windsor Town Council including the town's mayor in 1915.
He entered Queensland state politics as a member of the Nationalists and winning the seat of Windsor at the 1918 state election. He held the seat until 1935 when he was defeated by Herbert Williams of the Labor Party.
He was the Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1929 until 1932 and Leader of the Opposition of Queensland from 1923 until 1924.