Edmund Harvey Taylor (1855 – 30 September 1927) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

[2] He was a member of the Thames Licensing Committee, and was at time secretary and president of the Prohibition League.

[3] Her father, a long-term resident of Thames working as an engineer, was active in the Church of Christ.

[4] He stood for Parliament in the Thames electorate in 1890, but was defeated by Alfred Cadman[5][6] He tried again in subsequent elections in 1893,[7] 1896,[8] and 1899,[9][10] but was always beaten by James McGowan.

[11] He won the Thames electorate in a 1909 by-election after the resignation of McGowan,[12] but was defeated in the next election in 1911 by Thomas William Rhodes.