"Brooke Taylor" is a Canada/Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada)/electoral district of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2009. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia/Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Born in Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Taylor was elected to Halifax County, Nova Scotia/Halifax County Council in 1991. He was first elected provincially in a November 1993 by-election. He was re-elected in the Nova Scotia general election, 1998/1998, Nova Scotia general election, 1999/1999, and Nova Scotia general election, 2003/2003 general elections. In February 2006, Taylor was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources. Taylor was re-elected in the Nova Scotia general election, 2006/2006 election, and named Minister of Agriculture in a post-election cabinet shuffle. In January 2009, Taylor was shuffled again, becoming Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.

On May 5, 2009, Taylor announced he was not reoffering in the Nova Scotia general election, 2009/2009 election. At the time of his retirement he was the longest continuous serving Progressive Conservative MLA.

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I was kind of surprised. Normally one or two will go in, but not that many.

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My colleagues and I felt it was inappropriate to ban children on children-size machines that were engaging in an activity with their families, without incident by the way.

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