Matthew Hamilton Gault, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matthew Hamilton Gault

Irish-Canadian financier and politician

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1822

Place of Birth: Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1887

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 at 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.