Michael T. Knight

{{Short description|Newfoundland politician (1832–1916)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = 300x300px | alt = | caption = Knight in 1894 | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = MHA | office = Surveyor General | term_start = 1894 | term_end = {{end date|1894|10|16}} | premier = Augustus F. Goodridge | predecessor = Henry J. B. Woods | successor = James C. Tessier | office1 = Financial Secretary | term_start1 = 1885 | term_end1 = 1889 | premier1 = Robert Thorburn | predecessor1 = Francis Winton | successor1 = John Studdy | constituency_AM2 = Bay de Verde | assembly2 = Newfoundland House of | term_start2 = {{start date|1900|11|08}} | term_end2 = {{end date|1904|10|31}} | alongside2 = Henry J. B. Woods (1900–1902) Isaac Mercer (1902–1904) | predecessor2 = Abram Kean William Rogerson | successor2 = Charles H. Hutchings William C. Winsor | constituency_AM3 = Twillingate | assembly3 = Newfoundland House of | term_start3 = {{start date|1893|11|06}} | term_end3 = {{end date|1894|10|16}} | alongside3 = Augustus F. Goodridge and Jabez P. Thompson | predecessor3 = Edward P. Burgess Thomas Peyton | successor3 = Giles Foote | term_start4 = {{start date|1885|10|31}} | term_end4= {{end date|1889|11|06}} | alongside4 = Augustus F. Goodridge and Smith McKay | predecessor4 = Richard P. Rice Jabez P. Thompson | successor4 = Edward P. Burgess Thomas Peyton Jabez P. Thompson | birth_date = {{birthdate|1832|01|29}} | birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|08|07|1832|01|29}} | death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland | occupation = Customs collector | spouse = | children = | party = Reform (1885–1889) Liberal (1893–1904) }}

'''Michael Thomas Knight''' (January 29, 1832<ref name=men/> – August 7, 1916<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/Newspaper-Obits/news-1916-e.shtml |title=1916 Events of the Year from the St. John's Daily News}}</ref>) was an official and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate from 1885 to 1889 as a Liberal<ref name=men/> and from 1893 to 1894 as a Conservative and Bay de Verde from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.<ref name=elections/>

He was born in St. John's and was educated at Castle Rennie there. Knight was first employed as a clerk with P. Rogerson and Co. From 1865 to 1876, he was a customs collector in Labrador, then served as secretary for the Board of Works. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1882. He was elected to the assembly in 1885 and served in the Executive Council as financial secretary. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1889 but was elected again in 1893. Knight was named to cabinet in 1894<ref name=men>{{cite book |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/26204 |title=Newfoundland men : a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits ... |page=67 |year=1894 |last=Mott |first=Henry Youmans |authorlink=Henry Y. Mott}}</ref> but was defeated when he ran for reelection as was required at the time. He was elected again for Bay de Verde in 1900.<ref name=elections>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/92 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |pages=698–702 |title=Elections}}</ref>

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