Encyclopedia entry: Taylor, Edward Plunkett

ROBERT BOTHWELL
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Taylor, Edward Plunkett

Author: ROBERT BOTHWELL

Taylor, Edward Plunkett ,"E.P.," businessman (b at Ottawa 29 Jan 1901; d at Lyford Cay, Bahamas 14 May 1989). Educated at McGill, Taylor joined the stockbroking firmMCLEOD, YOUNG, WEIR AND CO in Ottawa in 1923, moving to Toronto in 1928 and becoming a director in 1929. In 1930, through a series of mergers, Taylor formed the Brewing Corp of Canada Ltd (later Canadian Breweries) and, by 1935, could indulge in his hobby of horses and horse racing.

In 1940C.D. HOWE placed Taylor on the executive committee of the Dept of Munitions and Supply. In 1941 he was moved to ...

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