Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montreal West
In office 1878–1887
Preceded by
Thomas Workman
Succeeded by
Lord Strathcona
Personal details
Born
(1822-07-18)18 July 1822 Strabane, County Tyrone
Died
1 June 1887(1887-06-01) (aged 64) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting place
Mount Royal Cemetery
Political party
Conservative
The Hon. Matthew Hamilton Gault M.P., J.P. (18 July 1822 – 1 June 1887) was an Irish-Canadian financier and politician. In 1865, he founded Sun Life Financial in Montreal, Canada East. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1878 election for the riding of Montreal West. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1882 and served until his death in 1887. During the winter he lived with his family at Braehead in Montreal's Golden Square Mile. He was the brother of Andrew Frederick Gault and the uncle of Brigadier-General Andrew Hamilton Gault.
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The Hon. MatthewHamiltonGault M.P., J.P. (18 July 1822 – 1 June 1887) was an Irish-Canadian financier and politician. In 1865, he founded Sun Life Financial...
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(1983) Ex-husband of Chris Egan and father of Matthew Gantz. Margo McKenna (1980–1981) Daughter of Leo Gault. Widow of Kirk Michaels. Attempted suicide and...
as David Chesterfield, Zohra Lampert as Marie Petit, Barry Morse as Karl Gault January 25, 1963 (1963-01-25) A married man with a life of crime stands...
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engraved stones. The best known examples of Clovis art were found at the Gault site in Texas, and consist of limestone nodules incised with expressive...
in 1000m". letsrun.com. February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022. Gault, Jonathan (February 13, 2023). "American Record #3 for Nuguse- He Broke...
Deron McBee, J. J. Perry, Chris Conrad, Keith Cooke, Dana Hee, Lance LeGault, Carolyn Seymour, Ray Park, Ed Boon, Steven Ho, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, John...
Eine Symphonie des Grauens) – Senses of Cinema". Senses of Cinema. Gault, Matthew (18 March 2020). "'It Nearly Brings Me to Tears.' 20 Years On, The Sims'...
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