Charles Ernest Gault

Charles Ernest Gault (September 19, 1861 – December 25, 1946) was a politician in Quebec, Canada.

Charles Ernest Gault
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal division no. 5
In office
1907–1912
Preceded byChristopher Benfield Carter
Succeeded byNone, district abolished
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal–Saint-Georges
In office
1912–1936
Preceded byNone, district created
Succeeded byGilbert Layton
Personal details
Born(1861-09-19)September 19, 1861
Montreal, Quebec
DiedDecember 25, 1946(1946-12-25) (aged 85)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyConservative

He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the High School of Montreal.[1]

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in a 1907 by-election in Montréal division no. 5, and was re-elected in 1908. He was elected in Montréal–Saint-Georges in 1912, 1916, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1931, and 1935. He lost in 1936 and retired from politics.

He served as Conservative leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1931 to 1932, after Conservative leader Camillien Houde lost the 1931 Quebec election and also failed to win a seat.

On November 7, 1932, the Conservative caucus chose Maurice Duplessis to be leader of the Opposition, replacing Gault. Duplessis was formally elected Conservative Party leader on October 4, 1933. On December 12, 1933, Gault was expelled from the Conservative caucus and sat as an independent. He was re-elected in the 1935 election as a Conservative, but in his unsuccessful election bid in 1936 he ran as an independent Conservative candidate and lost to Gilbert Layton of the Union Nationale, which had been formed from the merger of the now-defunct Conservative Party of Quebec and the short-lived Action libérale nationale.

See also

References
  1. Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (National Assembly of Quebec), p. 313 (in French)
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Political offices
Preceded by
Camillien Houde (Conservative)		 Leader of the Opposition in Quebec
1931–1932		 Succeeded by
Maurice Duplessis (Conservative)
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