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Maurice Hartt Member of the Canadian Parliament
for CartierIn office
March 31, 1947 – March 15, 1950Preceded by Fred Rose Succeeded by Leon David Crestohl Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Saint-Louis In office
1939–1947Preceded by Louis Fitch Succeeded by Dave Rochon Personal details Born April 15, 1895
Dorohoi, RomaniaDied March 15, 1950 (aged 54)
Montreal, QuebecResting place Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Montreal Political party Liberal Other political
affiliationsQuebec Liberal Party Spouse(s) Rose Gertrude Gallay Children Stanley Hartt Joel Hartt Alma mater Queen's University Religion Judaism Maurice Hartt (April 15, 1895 – March 15, 1950) was a Romanian-born Canadian politician.
Born in Dorohoi, Romania, the son of Saul Hartt and Malia Segal, he immigrated to Canada when he was twelve. He studied law at Queen's University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1935. He was created a King's Counsel in 1942 and practiced law in Montreal. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Montréal-Saint-Louis in 1939. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1944. He resigned in 1947, when he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Cartier in a 1947 by-election called when Fred Rose's seat was declared vacant by a resolution of the House of Commons. A federal Liberal, he was re-elected in 1949. He died in office in 1950.
His son, Stanley Hartt, was Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff from 1989 to 1990. Another son, Joel Hartt (1940-2009), was a professor of Humanities at John Abbott College and Chairman of the Lakeshore School Board.
References
- Maurice HARTT at Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)
- Maurice Hartt - Parliament of Canada biography
Categories:- 1895 births
- 1950 deaths
- Romanian Jews
- Jewish politicians
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
- Queen's University alumni
- Canadian people of Romanian descent
- Lawyers in Quebec
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