website predecessor birth_place citizenship nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
www.adrianataylor.com terry martin tilburg , netherlands australian dutch independent member of the tasmanian legislative council for elwick 20 august 1946 1 may 2010 beres taylor -lrb- m. 1968 -rrb- adriana taylor
 adriana taylor teacher university of new england
adriana taylor

adriana johanna taylor -lrb- born 20 august 1946 -rrb- is an australian politician .
she has been an independent member of the tasmanian legislative council for elwick since 2010 .
she was born in tilburg in the netherlands , and migrated with her family to australia in 1956 .
taylor , a former labor party member and former mayor of glenorchy from 2005 to 2011 , allowed her party membership to lapse in order to run as an independent for the seat of elwick in 2010 , which was being vacated by labor-turned-independent mlc terry martin following charges of child sexual abuse .
she easily defeated her labor opponent with 49 % of the vote .
