Robert Taylor Telford (July 19, 1860 – November 26, 1933) was a Canadian pioneer, businessman, and politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 until 1913.

[2] In 1880 he went to the United States, but returned to Canada in 1885 in search of adventure after reading an article about the North-West Rebellion of 1885.

[5] He was returned to office without opposition in the 1909 election,[5] and was defeated during the nomination process by Stanley Tobin in his bid for re-election in 1913.

[6] In the legislature, he supported the government of Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford against a group of dissident Liberals in the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal.

[7] Telford was also involved in local politics: he served on the Leduc town council for several years and as mayor from 1915 to 1916.

[2] After selling his lumberyard in 1919, Telford entered a state of near-retirement, though he continued to derive significant income from real estate holdings in the Leduc area.