Famous People with Name Masson

Tajiv 'Tosh' Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Tajiv 'Tosh' Masson: is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership, playing primarily as a centre.

Jean Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Masson: was a French politician who served as state secretary in various governments during the French Fourth Republic, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in 1952-53.

Édouard Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Édouard Masson: was a businessman and political figure in Canada East.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 Legislative Council of the Province of Canada for Thousand Islands division; he was defeated by Léandre Dumouchel in 1864 when he ran again in the same division. Masson founded a settlement at Sainte-Marguerite, which later became the parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.

Louis-Rodrigue Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis-Rodrigue Masson: was a Canadian Member of Parliament, Senator, and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He represented Terrebonne in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882. 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

Joseph Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Masson: was 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-president of the Banque de Montréal, president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal and member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. Masson was Member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada from 1834 to 1838. He was also member of the Montreal City Council from December 1842. He was offered to become the Mayor of Montreal in December 1842, but he declined. He was militia captain from 1823, member of the Board of Trade of Montreal, first churchwarden of Notre-Dame parish and judge of the peace.