- Antonio Talbot
Antonio Talbot was a Canadian politician from
Quebec . He once served as interim leader of the Union Nationale. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/t-u/talba.htm Biography of Antonio Talbot, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born on
May 29 ,1900 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, nearMontmagny and was an attorneyMember of the Legislature
Talbot won a
by-election in 1938 and became the Union Nationale for the district of Chicoutimi. He was re-elected to seven straight terms in 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1962.Cabinet Member
He was also a Cabinet minister from 1944 to 1960 under former Premiers
Maurice Duplessis ,Paul Sauve andAntonio Barrette .Party Leader
He replaced
Yves Prévost as interim UN leader and leader of the Opposition after the latter had served in those capacities for a few months following the resignation of former Premier Antonio Barrette from the UN leadership.In September 1961,
Daniel Johnson, Sr. was elected as the new leader of the Union Nationale, thereby replacing interim party leader Talbot as the leader of the Opposition.Retirement
Talbot resigns his seat to the legislature in 1965. He died on
September 25 ,1980 .Footnotes
ee also
*
Politics of Quebec
*List of Quebec general elections
*List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
*Timeline of Quebec history External links
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/t-u/TALBA.htm National Assembly biography] fr icon
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