Philippe Adjutor Talbot (November 11, 1877—January 1967) was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 from 1915 to 1936, and was Speaker

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 of the Assembly from 1923 to 1936.

Talbot was born at St. Pierre du Sud, in the county of Montmagny

Montmagny, Quebec

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, Québec

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, and educated at St. Ferdinand d'Halifax College. He worked as a broker, and was a director of Canadian Agencies Limited and Northern Supply Co., Ltd.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1914

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, as a candidate of the Manitoba Liberal Party

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 in La Verendrye. He lost to Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 Jean Lauzon by 228 votes. He ran again in the 1915 election

Manitoba general election, 1915

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, and defeated Lauzon by 155 votes amid a provincial Liberal landslide.

Talbot initially served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's ministry, but later drifted from the party to become an independent member. He was re-elected as an independent in the 1920 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1920

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, defeating Farmer candidate L.R. Magnum by 314 votes. He became affiliated with the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM) after this election, and was re-elected under the UFM banner in the 1922 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1922

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. The UFM unexpectedly won a majority of seats, and formed government as the Progressive Party

Progressive Party of Manitoba

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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

Manitoba general election, 1927

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. 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

Manitoba general election, 1932

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, defeating Conservative R.J.E. Arpin by only 76 votes. He did not seek re-election in 1936.