Speakman first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 Canadian federal election. In that election he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Wetaskiwin electoral district. He was defeated by incumbent Member of Parliament Ray Thomas. Parliament would be dissolved a year later forcing the 1958 Canadian federal election, Speakman would run against Thomas for the second time. He would defeat him in a landslide to capture the district.
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