Joseph Noel Taillefer (December 25, 1828 - June 1, 1897[1]) was a farmer, lawyer and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Ste. Agathe in 1879 and Morris from 1879 to 1883 as a Conservative.
He was born in the village of Saint-Joseph, Lower Canada near Montreal.[2] Taillefer served as a Papal Zouave, He was made a Chevalier de l'ordre Pie 1X (Montreal paper Tuesday, June 1897), travelling to Europe in 1868.[1] He came to the Red River Colony with the Wolseley Expedition in 1870. Taillefer married Mary Jane McDermot, the daughter of a well-known Winnipeg merchant. Andrew McDermot, The family later moved to a homestead in Lebret, Saskatchewan.[3] Taillefer died in hospital at St. Boniface.[4]