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Careole was Miss Toronto 1964, and co-hosted CFTO-TV Toronto’s [[After Four]], a show for teenagers. She later appeared on several other CFTO shows, including Toronto Today, Topic, and her own Carole Taylor Show. She and [[Percy Saltzman]] were the first co-hosts of ''[[Canada AM]]'' when the show premiered on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in 1972. She has also been the host of ''[[W-FIVE]]'' and ''Pacific Report''. Later, she entered the field of journalism which lasted for over 20 years. |
Careole was Miss Toronto 1964, and co-hosted CFTO-TV Toronto’s [[After Four]], a show for teenagers. She later appeared on several other CFTO shows, including Toronto Today, Topic, and her own Carole Taylor Show. She and [[Percy Saltzman]] were the first co-hosts of ''[[Canada AM]]'' when the show premiered on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in 1972. She has also been the host of ''[[W-FIVE]]'' and ''Pacific Report''. Later, she entered the field of journalism which lasted for over 20 years. |
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Previously, she served as an independent member of [[Vancouver City Council]] from 1986 to 1990. |
Previously, she served as an independent member of [[Vancouver City Council]] from 1986 to 1990. She served as Chairman of the [[Vancouver Board of Trade]] 2001-2002. |
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She was [[chair]] of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] from [[July 16]], [[2001]], until [[March 14]], [[2005]], when she resigned in order to seek the nomination of the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]] in that [[British Columbia general election, 2005|province's 2005 election]]. |
She was [[chair]] of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] from [[July 16]], [[2001]], until [[March 14]], [[2005]], when she resigned in order to seek the nomination of the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]] in that [[British Columbia general election, 2005|province's 2005 election]]. |
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Revision as of 22:27, 17 June 2008
Carole Taylor, MLA, OC (born 1945) is a Canadian journalist and politician. She is currently British Columbia's Minister of Finance.
Carole Taylor graduated from Weston Collegiate in 1964. She later attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto and graduated with a BA in English.
Careole was Miss Toronto 1964, and co-hosted CFTO-TV Toronto’s After Four, a show for teenagers. She later appeared on several other CFTO shows, including Toronto Today, Topic, and her own Carole Taylor Show. She and Percy Saltzman were the first co-hosts of Canada AM when the show premiered on CTV in 1972. She has also been the host of W-FIVE and Pacific Report. Later, she entered the field of journalism which lasted for over 20 years.
Previously, she served as an independent member of Vancouver City Council from 1986 to 1990. She served as Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade 2001-2002.
She was chair of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from July 16, 2001, until March 14, 2005, when she resigned in order to seek the nomination of the British Columbia Liberal Party in that province's 2005 election.
On May 17, 2005, she was elected to Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 election as the member representing Vancouver-Langara. On June 16, 2005, she was named Minister of Finance.
As the Minister of Finance, she signed up 100% of all BC public sector contracts before they were set to expire.
On November 30, 2007, she announced that she would not be running for re-election in the 2009 election. She was courted to run for mayor of Vancouver in the 2008 municipal election, she announced on January 8, 2008 that she would not run.
She is married to former Vancouver mayor Art Phillips.
External links
- Ministry of Finance web site
- Biography at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Biography at Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Carole Taylor announces she won't seek second term
- Taylor says she won't run for mayor of Vancouver
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