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 TREVOR
TAYLOR
Minister of
Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
Minister responsible for the Rural Secretariat
Member for The
Straits & White Bay North
Raised in Gunners Cove, Trevor Taylor has been extensively
involved in the fishery at several levels. He worked as a fisherman harvesting
cod until the moratorium in 1992 and was skipper for three years of the 55-foot
shrimp / crab boat Cull's Eclipse. He is a past executive board member of the
Fish, Food and Allied Workers' (FFAW) Union and worked for six years as a staff
member of the union. He served two terms as a member of the Fisheries Resource
Conservation Council (FRCC) and served as a member of the Oxfam fisheries
delegation to Nicaragua. He has served on the boards of the Canadian Centre for
Fisheries Innovation (CCFI), the St. Anthony Basin Resources Inc. (SABRI), and
the White Bay North Rural Development Association. Mr. Taylor has also taught
off-campus fisheries courses for the Marine Institute.
Mr. Taylor was elected to the House of Assembly in a by-election in the district
of The Straits & White Bay North on January 30, 2001, and served as the
Opposition critic for Fisheries and Aquaculture and for Labrador and Aboriginal
Affairs. On October 21, 2003, he was re-elected as the Member of the House of
Assembly (MHA) for The Straits & White Bay North and, on November 6, he was
sworn in as the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Minister
Responsible for Labrador Affairs. He was confirmed as Minister of Fisheries and
Aquaculture in the government restructuring of February 20, 2004. On November 8,
2005, Mr. Taylor was appointed Minister of Transportation and Works. On July 5,
2006, Mr. Taylor was appointed Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural
Development.
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