Background
McMaster was born in Montreal on June 10, 1851 and married Lucy A. Greene from Vergennes, Vermont on September 18, 1877.
McMaster was born in Montreal on June 10, 1851 and married Lucy A. Greene from Vergennes, Vermont on September 18, 1877.
He died in Montreal on May 5, 1930 at the age of 78. The municipality McMasterville in Southwestern Quebec was named after him. He served 35 years at the Montreal Rolling Mills and retired as Managing Director in 1910 at the time of the formation of the Steel Company of Canada (later "Stelco").
The Steel Company was created from the amalgamation of the Montreal Rolling Mills.
The Hamilton Steel and Iron Company The Canada Screw Company
The Canada Bolt and Nut Company and the Dominion Wire Manufacturing Company
In 1911, he was appointed the first President of Canadian Explosives Limited and served as President until 1925. Canadian Explosives was formed as the result of a 1911 merger by DuPont and the Nobel Dynamite Trust of the Hamilton Powder Company and other dynamite and powder interests in Canada.
During his business career William McMaster also served as President of Montreal Telegraph Company.
Vice-President of Belding Corticelli Limited. Vice-President of Dominion Glass Company Limited.; Vice-President of The Guarantee Company of North America and Vice-President of Asbestos Corporation of Canada Limited.
He was also a Director of the Bank of Montreal.
Sherwin Williams Company Limited. Canada Paint Company Limited.
Consumers Cordage Company Limited.; Penman"s Limited.
Paton Manufacturing Company and the British and Mercantile Insurance Company