Philippe Adjutor Talbot (November 11, 1879 – March 8, 1967) was a politician in

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. He served in the

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from 1915 to 1936, and was

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of the Assembly from 1923 to 1936. His name sometimes appears as Peter Talbot. Talbot was born at St. Pierre du Sud, in the county of Montmagny,

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, the son of Elzear Talbot and Delina Bacon, and was educated at St. Ferdinand d'Halifax College. Talbot first worked as a

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operator and was employed with the

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until 1906. He was a broker and a director of Canadian Agencies Limited and Northern Supply Co., Ltd. Talbot was a business partner of

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. In 1913, he married Charlotte Duguet. He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, as a candidate of the

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in La Verendrye. He lost to

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by 228 votes. He ran again in the 1915 election, and defeated Lauzon by 155 votes amid a provincial Liberal landslide. Talbot initially served as a backbench supporter of

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's ministry, but later left the party to become an independent member over the Manitoba Schools question. He was re-elected as an independent in the 1920 provincial election, defeating Farmer candidate L.R. Magnum by 314 votes. He became affiliated with the

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(UFM) after this election, and was re-elected under the UFM banner in the 1922 provincial election. The UFM unexpectedly won a majority of seats, and formed government as the

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. Talbot was named as Speaker of the Legislature when it met on January 18, 1923, and continued in this office for the next thirteen years. Talbot was re-elected without difficulty in the 1927 provincial election. In 1932, the Progressive Party formed an electoral alliance with the Liberal Party, and government members became known as "Liberal-Progressives". Talbot was narrowly returned in the 1932 campaign, defeating Conservative R.J.E. Arpin by only 76 votes. He did not seek re-election in 1936. From 1937 to 1948, he served as clerk of the Executive Council.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Philippe 1879 births 1967 deaths People from Chaudière-Appalaches Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba