Career
He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 as a Liberal member. He was born in Corberrie, Digby County, Nova Scotia, the son of Raymond Melanson and Marie LeBlanc. Melanson was educated at Saint Anne"s College and Dalhousie University.
He set up practice in Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau.
He died in Eel Brook, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia at the age of 47.