Taylor first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1896 provincial election, and lost to Liberal Peter McIntyre by 238 votes in Winnipeg North.
Taylor defeated Liberal candidate Robert Muir by 157 votes, and served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Roblin's administration.
Taylor defeated Fred Dixon, a Labour candidate supported by the Liberal Party, by a margin of seventy-three votes.
The Socialist Party also ran a candidate in Winnipeg Centre, who received ninety-nine votes.
The Thomas William Taylor printing plant and book bindery remained open in Winnipeg until 1968.