Louis-Rodrigue Masson Explained

Louis-Rodrigue Masson
Constituency Mp:Terrebonne
Parliament:Canadian
Successor:Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
Term Start:September 20, 1867
Term End:June 20, 1882
Office2:Senator for Mille Isles
Predecessor2:Léandre Dumouchel
Successor2:Louis-Adélard Senécal
Nominator2:John A. Macdonald
Term Start2:September 29, 1882
Term End2:November 6, 1884
Predecessor3:Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr
Successor3:Laurent-Olivier David
Nominator3:John A. Macdonald
Term Start3:February 3, 1890
Term End3:June 11, 1903
Office4:5th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Predecessor4:Théodore Robitaille
Successor4:Auguste-Réal Angers
Term Start4:October 4, 1884
Term End4:October 4, 1887
Monarch4:Victoria
Governor General4:The Marquess of Lansdowne
Premier4:John Jones Ross
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Honoré Mercier
Birth Date:6 November 1833
Birth Place:Terrebonne, Lower Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Spouse:
    Party:Conservative
    Cabinet:Minister of Militia and Defence (1878-1880)
    President of the Privy Council (1880)
    Alma Mater:Georgetown College
    College of the Holy Cross
    Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
    Honorific Suffix:PC
    Parents:Joseph Masson (father)

    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 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.