Peter Talbot was a Canadian

Canada

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 parliamentarian.

Born in Eramosa

Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario

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, Canada West (now Ontario

Ontario

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), he moved to Fort Macleod, Alberta

Fort Macleod, Alberta

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, in 1890 to teach school. In 1892, he moved to Lacombe, Alberta

Lacombe, Alberta

Lacombe is a city in Alberta, Canada. It is located north of Red Deer, the nearest major city, and south of Edmonton, the nearest metropolitan area...

, to homestead

Homesteading

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 and raise cattle.

In 1902 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories

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 and served until 1904. In 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

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, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Strathcona

Strathcona (electoral district)

Strathcona was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925. When it was created, it was part of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, when Saskatchewan and Alberta became provinces, it was split...

 as a Liberal

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. In 1906, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Alberta. He died in office in 1919.