Paul-Timothée Masson was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1831 to 1834.

He was born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec

Saint-Eustache, Quebec

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Masson and Charlotte Roussil. In 1818, he married Esther Masson. He was named a commissioner for the trial of minor causes in 1836. Masson was elected to the legislative assembly in an 1831 by-election held after Godefroy Beaudet resigned his seat. He voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

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. Masson was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1834. He died at Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

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at the age of 85.