Melanson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Chester Melanson Chester Joseph Melanson (born June 26, 1940) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1981 to 1984 as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Melanson was born in 1940 ...

(born 1940), Canadian politician and member in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly *

Dean Melanson Dean Clement Melanson (born November 19, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 9 games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals between 1995 and 2001. The rest of his career ...

(born 1973), former National Hockey League defenceman *

Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson (March 23, 1879 – October 23, 1941) was a Canadian priest and the first Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he was of Acadian descent on his father's side. Melanson moved to New ...

(1879–1941), Canadian priest and Archbishop * Melanie Melanson (born 1974), a missing teenager from Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts since 1989 * Neil Melanson, American combat sports coach *

Olivier-Maximin Melanson Olivier-Maximin Melanson (July 2, 1854 – July 7, 1926) was an Acadian businessman and politician in the New Brunswick, Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Westmorland County in the Legislati ...

(1854–1926), Acadian businessman * Philip H. Melanson (1944–2006), American educator *

Roger Melanson Roger Melanson is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election, and Leader of the Opposition. He represented the electoral district of Dieppe as a member of the Lib ...

, Canadian politician, member in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick *

Roland Melanson Roland "Rollie the Goalie" Joseph Melanson (born June 28, 1960) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL). He most recently served as the goaltending coach for the New Jersey Devils, previously servin ...

(born 1960), former National Hockey League goaltender and current goaltender coach *

Simeon Melanson Simeon Melanson (April 14, 1873 – August 22, 1964) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, pol ...

(1873–1964), Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Places

* Melanson, Nova Scotia, a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County * Val-Melanson, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada

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