Ralph Taylor (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Taylor (politician)

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1773

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1847

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ralph Taylor (March 29, 1773 – February 9, 1847) was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.
He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly from 1829 to 1834. He was born in Philipsburg, Lower Canada, the son of Alexander Taylor, a United Empire Loyalist from New York, and Jane Brisbane.
He served as a commissioner for the trial of minor causes and as a school inspector for Missisquoi and Shefford counties.
Taylor married Maria Lester in 1816.
Up until 1832, he supported the Parti patriote, but he voted against the Ninety-Two Resolutions.
In March 1833, he was put in prison for 24 hours for publishing a letter in the Quebec Mercury critical of the speaker of the assembly.
He died in Philipsburg at the age of 53.