James A. Taylor

James Taylor
Ontario MPP
In office 1971–1987
Preceded by	Norris Whitney
Succeeded by	Keith MacDonald
Constituency	Prince Edward-Lennox
Personal details
Born	1928/1929 (age 87–88) Prince Edward County, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Farmer

James A. Taylor (born 1928 or 1929) is a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis. Taylor was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Taylor campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 federal election, as a candidate of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. He finished third in Scarborough East, against Liberal candidate Martin Patrick O'Connell.

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Barry Young by 3,404 votes in Prince Edward-Lennox. He served as a backbench supporter of Bill Davis's government for the next four years, and was re-elected with a reduced majority in the 1975 election. On October 7, 1975, Taylor was appointed to Davis's cabinet as Minister of Community and Social Services.

Taylor was named as Davis's Minister of Energy on February 3, 1977, and was re-elected with a greatly increased majority in the 1977 election. He was dropped from cabinet on January 21, 1978, and again served as a government backbencher. He was re-elected in the elections of 1981 and 1985.

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