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Mayor Taylor March J.E. Nurnberger |
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This song was written for Vancouver mayor Louis Denison Taylor as a campaign song for the election of 1911. Having arrived from Chicago as a fugitive from justice released on bail at the age of 39, he arrived in Vancouver which at the time was a city of opportunity. He worked with the Daily Province as circulation manager and in 1900 he was elected to the office of License Commissioner. He also ran The World newspaper which he lost to creditors in 1915. Mayor Taylor is Vancouver's longest serving mayor having run for office 18 times over a period of 25 years. He served in this capacity 1910-11, 1915, 1924-1926, 1930, and 1932. In his time, he was known as one of the most popular mayors, a fighter, capable administrator and one who initiated several civic improvements including the building of the Lion's Gate Bridge, and the amalgamation of Vancouver with south Vancouver and Point Grey, and the building of the airport. Mayor Taylor's trademark was wearing a red tie. He adopted this color from the red mittens he received on many a Christmas as a child. He also closely guarded his age, saying he would confess to it at the age of 85. He died at the age of 88, but there is no recollection that he admitted to that age.
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