 Hon.
Trevor Taylor
Minister of Transportation and Works
Minister Responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing
Corporation
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. He 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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