POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned

hereby constitutes
and appoints Mark W. Yonkman, Esq. and Brian R.

Yoshida, Esq. the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's

behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
(the
"SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
any other
documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling
the
undersigned to make electronic filings with
the SEC of reports
required
by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any
rule or
regulation of the SEC;

(2)
execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer, director or
affiliate of M&T Bank Corporation

(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder, and
any
other forms or reports the undersigned may
be required to file in

connection with the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition or disposition

of securities of the Company; and

(3) do
and perform any and all
acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which
may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other
form or reports including any amendment or
amendments
thereto, and
timely file such form or report with the SEC and
any stock
exchange
or similar authority;and

(4) take any other action of any
type
whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion
of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of,

or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned
pursuant to the Power of
Attorney shall be in such form
and shall
contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The
undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever

requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any
of
the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents
and
purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally
present,
with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby
ratifying and
confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney
and the
rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges

that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the
request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company
assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with
Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of
Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is
no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the
undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the
Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of
this
17th day of January, 2006.




/s/ Gregory L. Ford

Gregory L.
Ford