Career
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. Taillefer served as a Papal Zouave, travelling to Europe in 1868.
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. The family later moved to a homestead in Lebret, Saskatchewan.
Taillefer died in hospital at Saint Boniface.
