Onésiphore Ernest Talbot Explained

Onésiphore Ernest Talbot
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Constituency Mp:Bellechasse
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Guillaume Amyot
Successor:Joseph Octave Lavallée
Term Start:1896
Term End:1911
Birth Date:15 August 1854
Birth Place:St-Arsène, Temiscouata County, Canada East
Party:Liberal

Onésiphore Ernest Talbot (August 15, 1854  - May 6, 1934) was a Canadian politician.

Born in St-Arsène, Temiscouata County, Canada East, Talbot was educated at St. Michel and the Quebec Seminary. A farmer, he was a member of the Council of Agriculture in the Province of Quebec and was awarded Quebec's Ordre national du mérite agricole. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 17th Regiment de Lévis and Bellechasse. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Bellechasse in the 1896 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900, 1904, and 1908. He was defeated in 1911.

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