Matthew Joseph Butler,

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(November 1856 – 22 June 1933) was a Canadian civil engineer, businessman, civil servant, and author.

Life

Butler was born in Mill Point, Upper Canada in November 1856. He studied at

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. He worked for John Dunlop Evans and Thomas Oliver Bolger. He was Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer of the

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from 1905 to 1910.{{Cite web , title=Biography – BUTLER, MATTHEW JOSEPH – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography , url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/butler_matthew_joseph_16E.html , access-date=2022-10-07 , website=www.biographi.ca He died in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on 22 June 1933.

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1856 births 1933 deaths Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Canadian civil engineers Canadian businesspeople Canadian civil servants