[1] His political career began in 1951 when he was elected to the school board, earning a position on York Township Council in 1955.
Despite his previous loss as a township council candidate, he ran for the reeveship in 1960, succeeding Tonks by a nearly three-to-one margin.
Taylor had been striving to persuade the government to establish a royal commission for investigating corruption in land dealings.
Taylor, a semi-retired builder, served as a school trustee for four years and a township councillor for three.
This committee obtained a court order to remove Tonks as reeve, which was ultimately overturned on appeal.