Arthur Massé was an independent liberal

Independent (politician)

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Kamouraska, Quebec

Kamouraska, Quebec

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 and became a forest engineer, land surveyor and professor by career.

Massé was educated at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College. He then graduated from Université Laval

Université Laval

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 with a Bachelor of Arts

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 degree, where he would later serve as a professor.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Kamouraska

Kamouraska (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1949 general election

Canadian federal election, 1949

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 then re-elected for a second term in 1953

Canadian federal election, 1953

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. Massé became a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate in the 1957 election

Canadian federal election, 1957

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 but was defeated by independent candidate Benoît Chabot

Benoît Chabot

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