Career
He represented Stormont in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member. He was born in Portuguese Henry, New York, the son of John McCart. He was educated in Brockville, Ontario.
He was employed as a clerk with companies in Finch and Maxville, before establishing his own business in Maxville.
He later opened a general store in Avonmore. McCart married Wilmena Steele in 1892.
He was defeated in the 1905 election but was reelected in 1908. McCart later moved to Toronto where he established a wholesale business dealing in fruit.
He drowned at Cornwall in 1933.
