Édouard Masson (May 4, 1826 – August 5, 1875) was a businessman and political figure in

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Life

He was born Isidore-Édouard-Candide Masson at

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in 1826, the son of

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and merchant

Joseph Masson Joseph Masson (January 5, 1791 – May 15, 1847) was a Canadian businessman, who is considered the first French Canadian millionaire. Seigneur of Terrebonne, Quebec, president of Masson societies, president of the City Gas, he was also vice-p ...

and the grandson of

Jean-Baptiste Raymond Jean-Baptiste Raymond (December 6, 1757 – March 19, 1825) was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. Life He was born in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies in New France in 1757 and entered the fur trade at an early age. He l ...

. Masson studied at the

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and then in

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. With his older brother Wilfred, he took over the family business when his father died in 1847. He was also a major in the local militia and president of the Montreal Gas Company. In 1855, he became a member of the municipal council for Montreal. In 1856, he was elected to the

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for Thousand Islands division; he was defeated by

Léandre Dumouchel Léandre Dumouchel (29 March 1811 – September 24, 1882) was a Quebec medical doctor and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada member of the Senate of Canada for Mille Isles division from 1867 to 1882. He was born Vital-L ...

in 1864 when he ran again in the same division. Masson founded a settlement at Sainte-Marguerite, which later became the parish of

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. He died at Montreal in 1875. His brother

Louis-Rodrigue Masson Louis-Rodrigue Masson, (baptized Louis-François-Roderick Masson) (6 November 1833 – 8 November 1903) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, Senator, and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He represented Terrebonne in the House of Co ...

represented Terrebonne in the Canadian House of Commons.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masson, Edouard 1826 births 1875 deaths Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada