Career
He represented Maple Creek in the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1925 as a Progressive Party member. He was born on a farm near Guelph, Ontario and travelled west to Indian Head, Saskatchewan in 1905, later settling on land near Gull Lake. McTaggart grew grain and raised some livestock.
McTaggart was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1925.
He died in 1962.