Maurice Hartt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maurice Hartt

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1895

Place of Birth: Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Romania

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1950

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Maurice Hartt

  • 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 MontrĂ©al–Saint-Louis in 1939.
  • A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1944.
  • He resigned in 1947, when he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada 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.

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