Andrew Taylor

Andrew Colin Douglas Taylor (b. 12 May 1964, Sergiocitta ) is a Georgeland politician currently serving as the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs. A member of the Georgeland Alliance, he has been a Senator for Bradmarch since 2012, with a brief break in 2018 when he resigned to (unsuccessfully) contest the Bradmarch state election.

Early life
Taylor was born Andrew Brennan in Sergiocitta in 1964, the youngest of four children. His father, Peter Brennan, died in a car accident when Taylor was only six months old. His mother, Susan, remarried in 1969 to John Taylor and the family took his name. John Taylor was murdered by serial killer Jerry Tinley in 1975.

Taylor was educated at St. Joseph's High School and Port Andrews High School, and attended Sergiocitta Technical College where he studied medical engineering. Taylor wanted to become a doctor, but ultimately he became a medical technician and paramedic. He was President of the Bradmarch Union of Technical Employees from 1989 to 1994. From 1993, Taylor was a full-time trade union official.

Political career
In the 1990s, Taylor was a member of the Labour Party and sat on its state executive. He resigned his Labour membership in 1999 when the party split over the sudden removal of Campbell Rhodes from the leadership. Taylor later reflected on his decision, commenting that while he was not then, and is still not, a Rhodes supporter, he believed the part had a toxic culture of infighting and backstabbing, and wanted no part of it. He remained active in the union but declined to join Rhodes' new Liberal Party when it launched.

In 2000, Taylor was elected to the Sergiocitta City Council as an Independent. He joined the Georgeland Alliance to run for a second term in 2004, and was elected. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Mayor by Mayor Frank Giotto, an independent, as part of a political deal to secure Alliance votes on the council. In 2010, Taylor ran for the mayoralty himself for the Alliance, but was narrowly defeated by the Conservative candidate, John Lee.