John Ross Taylor (ca. 1910 - November 6, 1994) was a prominent Canadian neo-Nazi leader. Born into a well-known Toronto family, Taylor associated with the Quebec-based fascist leader Adrien Arcand in creating a national fascist party, the National Unity Party during the 1930s. Taylor played a key role in organizing the putative party in English Canada before he broke with Arcand and joined the Canadian Union of Fascists. 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Adrien Arcand in 1933. ... The Parti national social chrétien was a Canadian political party formed by Adrien Arcand in February 1934. ... The Canadian Fascist Party was a fascist political party based in the Canadian city of Winnipeg. ...

Taylor was interned as a Nazi sympathiser during World War II. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

In the 1974 federal election, he was an independent candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Davenport, and received 102 votes (0.69% of the popular vote), placing fourth in a field of six candidates. The House of Commons after the 1974 election The 1974 Canadian federal election was held on July 8. ... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ... This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ... Davenport could refer to: A place in: England Davenport, Greater Manchester United States of America: Davenport, Florida Davenport, Iowa Davenport, New York Davenport, Washington a federal electoral district in Canada: Davenport (electoral district) Guy Davenport was an American writer, intellectual, and teacher. ...

In 1976, he became leader of the white power Western Guard Party. In the 1980s, Taylor was twice found in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a 1979 order by the Canadian Human Rights Commisssion to end his recorded "White Power" messages on the Western Guard Party's phone line. He was imprisoned from October 1981 to March 1982, and again later in the decade for violating the Canadian Human Rights Act. In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the ruling against Taylor. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... White Power is a phrase thought to have been coined by George Lincoln Rockwell during a white supremacist rally in Marquedt Park, Illinois in 1967 (whereby the term began being uttered sponteniously). ... The Western Guard Party (founded in 1972 as the Western Guard) was a white supremacist group based in Toronto, Canada. ... General Contempt of court is the failure of someone to obey a lawful order of a court, disrespect for the judge, disruption of the proceedings through poor behavior, or publication of material deemed likely to jeopardize a fair trial. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... The Canadian Human Rights Act is a statute originally passed by the Government of Canada in 1977 with the express goal of extending the law to ensure equal opportunity to individuals who may be vicitims of discriminatory practices based on a set prohibited grounds such as gender, disability, or religion. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ...

In the last years of his life, Taylor was active in the Aryan Nations after he moved to Calgary following his release from prison. He died in a Calgary boarding house in 1994. Aryan Nations (AN) (also known as the Aryan National Alliance) is an American anti-government, ultra-right, anti-Semitic White supremacist group. ...

He appears, as a slightly dazed figure, in the documentary film Blood in the Face , directed by Kevin Rafferty, a cousin of George W. Bush, which looks at the American neo-fascist movement. Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...

External links

• Summary of the 1979 hearing before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. (http://www.mpd.selkirk.bc.ca/webdev/arcom/viewcontent.asp?ID=69)
• Canadian Human Rights Commission v. John Ross Taylor (http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/1990/1990scc130.html) Summary of the case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.