He was born in Seymour Township, Canada West, the son of Thomas W.S. Masson, and educated there and in Belleville. Masson articled in law with William Hamilton Ponton, was called to the Ontario bar in 1871 and set up practice in Owen Sound.[1] In 1878, he married Jessie Morrison. Masson served as Master in Chancery at Owen Sound from 1873 to 1885. He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1887 federal election, defeating the incumbent Benjamin Allen, and was reelected in 1891. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1885.
james, masson, february, 1847, december, 1903, lawyer, political, figure, ontario, represented, grey, north, house, commons, canada, from, 1887, 1896, conservative, member, born, seymour, township, canada, west, thomas, masson, educated, there, belleville, mas. James Masson QC February 17 1847 December 24 1903 was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario He represented Grey North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1896 as a Conservative member He was born in Seymour Township Canada West the son of Thomas W S Masson and educated there and in Belleville Masson articled in law with William Hamilton Ponton was called to the Ontario bar in 1871 and set up practice in Owen Sound 1 In 1878 he married Jessie Morrison Masson served as Master in Chancery at Owen Sound from 1873 to 1885 He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1887 federal election defeating the incumbent Benjamin Allen and was reelected in 1891 He was named Queen s Counsel in 1885 vte1887 Canadian federal election Grey NorthParty Candidate VotesConservative James Masson 2 128Liberal Benjamin Allen 2 071vte1891 Canadian federal election Grey NorthParty Candidate VotesConservative James Masson 2 511Liberal Edward Henry Horsey 2 264References editJames Masson Parliament of Canada biography The Canadian parliamentary companion 1891 AJ Gemmill A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography Being Chiefly Men of the Time 1888 Rose GM p 666 nbsp This article about a historical Conservative Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Masson amp oldid 1196510368, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
