David Ames Manson was a merchant and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Brome

Brome (electoral district)

Brome was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1880 to 1882.

He was born in Mansonville, Canada East

Canada East

Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....

, the son of Robert Manson, of Scottish

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 descent, and was educated at Knowlton, Stanstead and Waterloo. In 1866, he married Mary Eliza Manson. Manson served as postmaster for Mansonville from 1865 to 1880. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1880 by-election held after the death of Edmund Leavens Chandler

Edmund Leavens Chandler

Edmund Leavens Chandler was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Brome in the Canadian House of Commons from 1879 to 1880 as a Liberal member....

. Manson was a director of the Canadian Agricultural Insurance Company and the Missisquoi and Black River Railway.