Aignan-Aimé Massue was a seigneur

Seigneurial system of New France

The seigneurial system of New France was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.-Introduction to New France:...

 and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Surrey in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1824 to 1827 as a supporter of the Parti patriote.

He was born in Varennes

Varennes, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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, the son of Gaspard Massue, co-seigneur of Varennes, and Josephte Huet Dulude. He entered into business in partnership with his brother-in-law Étienne Duchesnois, later establishing his own business. He acquired four fiefs along the Yamaska River

Yamaska River

The Yamaska River is a river in southern Quebec, Canada.Its source is the Sutton Mountains region of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. It flows north-west to Farnham and from there north to the Saint Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy. Altogether it is long with a drainage basin of 4784 square...

: Saint-Charles, Bonsecours, Bourchemin and Bourg-Marie-Ouest. Massue was married twice: to Celeste Richard in 1811 and to Suzanne-Éléonore Perrault in 1842. Massue resigned his seat in 1827 to allow Louis-Joseph Papineau

Louis-Joseph Papineau

Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec...

 to be elected in Surrey. He was named a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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 in 1830 and commissioner for the trial of minor causes in 1837. Massue did not support the Lower Canada Rebellion

Lower Canada Rebellion

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. He died in Varennes at the age of 84.

His son Louis Huet Massue

Louis Huet Massue

Louis Huet Massue was a farmer, seigneur and political figure in Quebec. He represented Richelieu in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1887 as a Liberal-Conservative member....

 and a grandson Joseph-Aimé Massue

Joseph-Aimé Massue

Joseph-Aimé Massue was a seigneur and political figure in Quebec. He represented Richelieu in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1891 as a Conservative member....

 both served in the House of Commons. His brother Louis Massue

Louis Massue

Louis Massue was a businessman and political figure in Canada East.He was born Louis-Joseph Massue in Varennes in 1786, the son of the co-seigneur of Varennes. He became a prosperous merchant in the import and dry goods trade at Quebec City. In 1818, he was named to the board of governors for the...

served as a member of the Legislative Council for the Province of Canada.