Luc-Hyacinthe Masson was a Quebec

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 physician, businessman and political figure. He represented Soulanges

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 in the 1st Canadian Parliament

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 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Saint-Benoît

Saint-Benoît, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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 in 1811, studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal

Collège de Montréal

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 and went on to study medicine with Doctor Robert Nelson. He helped fight the Asiatic cholera

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 epidemic of 1832 and qualified as a doctor the following year. He practiced at Saint-Clément-de-Beauharnois and then Saint-Benoit. Masson took part in the Lower Canada Rebellion

Lower Canada Rebellion

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 and was exiled to the Bermuda

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s in 1838. He returned to New York

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 state in 1838 and returned to Canada East

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 in 1842. Masson opened a business with his brother at Saint-Anicet

Saint-Anicet, Quebec

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. In 1844, he was named customs collector at Dundee

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. He served as mayor of Coteau-Landing and represented Soulanges in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 from 1854 to 1857. After he retired from politics in 1872, he served as registrar for Soulanges County and clerk for the circuit court.

He died at Coteau-Landing in 1880.