Harold Taylor (Australian politician)

Harold Bourne "Squizzy" Taylor (25 February 1892 – 6 December 1972) was a Company executive and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Harold Taylor

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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Hamilton
In office
3 May 1947 – 29 Apr 1950
Preceded byJohn Beals Chandler
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Clayfield
In office
29 Apr 1950 – 1 Jun 1963
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJohn Murray
Personal details
Born
Harold Bourne Taylor

(1892-02-25)25 February 1892
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died6 December 1972(1972-12-06) (aged 76)
Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
Other political
affiliations		QPP
Spouse(s)Jean Cox (m.1915 d.1955), Dulcie Irene George (m.1956 d.1987)
OccupationCompany executive

Biography

Taylor was born in Brisbane to parents John Taylor and his wife Ada Jeannie (née Bourne). He was educated at Brisbane Boys' Central School and in World War One fought in Egypt and Gallipoli. He commanded the 27th Battery AIF from 1916 to 1917 and was mentioned in dispatches and wounded in 1917. He was then promoted to Major and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918. from 1918 until 1919 he was a member of the Brisbane Military Censorship Committee.

In World War Two he was Commander of 2nd AIF Artillery Reinforcements Training Regiment in 1941 to 1942. In civilian life he was an Executive with Burns Philp Ltd in 1927, and manager of Smiths Ltd in 1932.

In 1915 Taylor married Jean Cox.[1] Jean died in 1955[2] and in January the following year he remarried, this time to Dulcie Irene George[1] (died 1987).[3] Harold Taylor died in December 1972 at Redland Bay[1] and was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3]

Public career

In 1947, Taylor, at first a member of the QPP and then the Liberal Party from 1948, easily won the seat of Hamilton at that year's state election.[4] Hamilton was abolished before the 1950 state election and he then stood for and won the new seat of Clayfield. He remained the member for Clayfield until his retirement from politics in 1963.[1] From 1957 until 1963 he was the Chairman of Committees.

He was a member of many associations including the Queensland Library Board, the United Service Club of Babinda, the Royal Queensland Golf Club; and National Association of Left-hand Golfers of Australia. He was President of the Babinda Chamber of Commerce and Returned and Services League of Australia (South-East District branch) in 1919 and from 1929 to 1931. He was also an Executive of the Social Service League during the Great Depression.

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References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. Harold B Taylor ( - 1972) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. "How State Voted For New Parliament". The Courier-mail (3258). Queensland, Australia. 5 May 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 2 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
John Beals Chandler		 Member for Hamilton
1947–1950		 Abolished
New seat Member for Clayfield
1950–1963		 Succeeded by
John Murray
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