Background
He was born in Philipsburg, Lower Canada, the son of Alexander Taylor, a United Empire Loyalist from New York, and Jane Brisbane.
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Ralph Taylor
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Career
He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly from 1829 to 1834. 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.
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Nationality
Canada