Louis-Rodrigue Masson, (baptized Louis-François-Roderick Masson) (6 November 1833 – 8 November 1903) was a

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, and the fifth

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1867 to 1882.

Life

Masson was born in

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, in 1833, the son of Joseph Masson. He studied at

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, and

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. He went on to study law with

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and was called to the bar in 1859 but decided not to practice law. A

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, from 1878 to 1880 he served under Sir

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, and in 1880 he was the

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. From March to October 1884, he was a member of the

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. From 1884 to 1887, he was the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. He published ''Les bourgeois de la compagnie du Nord-Ouest'' (1889). New International Encyclopedia He had been named to the Senate for Mille Isles division in 1882; he resigned his seat when he was named Lieutenant-Governor. He was reappointed to the Senate in 1890 and served until June 1903. He died later that year in

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, Quebec. He was the father-in-law of

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MP, Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin.

Electoral record

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