# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-hamilton-gault
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:15:07.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-hamilton-gault"
name: "Matthew Hamilton Gault"
slug: "matthew-hamilton-gault"
description: "The Hon. Matthew Hamilton Gault M.P., J.P. 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."
tagline: "Irish-Canadian financier and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_Hamilton_Gault.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1822-07-18"
deathDate: "1887-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.38
  momentum:             0.3846153846153846
  historical:           4.80972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "ماثيو هاميلتون غولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "ماتثيو هاميلتون جاولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hamilton_Gault"
    title: "Matthew Hamilton Gault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hamilton_Gault"
    title: "Matthew Hamilton Gault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Голт, Мэтью Гамильтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump