He was a broker and a director of Canadian Agencies Limited and Northern Supply Co., Ltd. Talbot was a business partner of Aimé Bénard.
He ran again in the 1915 election, and defeated Lauzon[1] by 155 votes amid a provincial Liberal landslide.
Talbot initially served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's ministry, but later left the party to become an independent member over the Manitoba Schools question.
[1] The UFM unexpectedly won a majority of seats, and formed government as the Progressive Party.
Talbot was named as Speaker of the Legislature when it met on January 18, 1923, and continued in this office for the next thirteen years.