Taylor, Louis Denison

TAYLOR, Louis Denison, longest-serving mayor of Vancouver (b 22 July 1857, Ann Arbor, MI; d 4 June 1946, Vancouver). Despite his electoral success Taylor remains a neglected figure in VANCOUVER's political history, remembered if at all for his habit of wearing a red tie. He arrived in the city in 1896 on his way to go prospecting in Alaska but never reached his destination. Instead he spent the next 2 years in the Interior of BC, mainly working for the CPR. He then settled permanently in...

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