Louis-Rodrigue Masson

Louise-Rachel McKenzie

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(m. 1856)​

Cecile Burroughs

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(m. 1883)​

The Honourable Louis-Rodrigue Masson PC
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Terrebonne
In office September 20, 1867 –June 20, 1882
Parent	Joseph Masson (father)
Alma mater	Georgetown College College of the Holy Cross
Cabinet	Minister of Militia and Defence (1878-1880) President of the Privy Council (1880)

Louis-Rodrigue Masson, PC (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 Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882.

Life

Masson was born in Terrebonne, Lower Canada, in 1833, the son of Joseph Masson. He studied at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He went on to study law with George-Étienne Cartier and was called to the bar in 1859 but decided not to practice law. A Conservative, from 1878 to 1880 he served under Sir John A. Macdonald as Minister of Militia and Defence, and in 1880 he was the President of the Privy Council.

From March to October 1884, he was a member of the Legislative Council of Quebec. 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 Montreal, Quebec.

He was the father-in-law of Liberal MP, Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin.

Electoral record

By-election on 6 November 1878 Masson was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence, 19 October 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Rodrigue Masson	acclaimed

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election : Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis-Rodrigue Masson	1,194	86.8
	Unknown	B. Longpré A	181	13.2
Total valid votes			1,375	100.0

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election : Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Rodrigue Masson	acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election : Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Rodrigue Masson	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election : Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Rodrigue Masson	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]

External links

• Louis-Rodrigue Masson – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Louis-Rodrigue Masson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.