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James Gordon Taggart CBE (September 28, 1892 – June 11, 1974) was a civil servant, educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Swift Current from 1934 to 1944 as a Liberal. He was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia and raised in River Hebert. He received his primary and junior matriculation at the local grade school in River Hebert, followed by post-secondary studies at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and then the Ontario Agricultural College. Taggart was principal of the School of Agriculture in Vermilion, Alberta before entering the federal public service and becoming superintendent of the Swift Current Dominion Experimental Farm for the Department of Agriculture.