Joseph-Aimé Massue was a seigneur

Seigneurial system of New France

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 and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Richelieu

Richelieu (electoral district)

Richelieu was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 and was amalgamated into the Richelieu—Verchères electoral district in 1933.In 1968, a new electoral district...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1887 to 1891 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born Marie-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Edouard-Aimé Massue in Saint-Aimé

Saint-Aimé, Quebec

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, the son of Gaspard-Aimé Massue and Julie-Appolline Lussier. Massue was educated at the Collège Saint-Hyacinthe. He was first elected to the House of Commons at the age of 27 in an 1887 by-election held following the death of Jean-Baptiste Labelle

Jean-Baptiste Labelle (politician)

Jean-Baptiste Labelle was a Canadian ship captain, passenger agent, and politician.Born in Sorel, Lower Canada, the son of Toussaint Labelle and Marguerite Genton Dauphine, Labelle was educated in Sorel. He commanded a steamer for the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company for over twenty-five...

. After suffering from poor health for some time, Massue went to Montreal

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 in July 1890 to seek medical treatment. In September of that year, he travelled to Paris

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, seeking a cure there. Still ill, he returned to Saint-Aimé where he died at the age of 30.

His uncle Louis Huet Massue

Louis Huet Massue

Louis Huet Massue was a farmer, seigneur and political figure in Quebec. He represented Richelieu in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1887 as a Liberal-Conservative member....

 also represented Richilieu in the House of Commons. His sister Marie-Louise married Albert-Alexandre Lussier

Albert-Alexandre Lussier

Albert-Alexandre Lussier was a seigneur and political figure in Quebec. He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1897 as a Liberal....

who served in the Quebec assembly.