Background
He was born Isidore-Édouard-Candide Masson at Montreal in 1826, the son of seigneur and merchant Joseph Masson and the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Raymond.
He was born Isidore-Édouard-Candide Masson at Montreal in 1826, the son of seigneur and merchant Joseph Masson and the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Raymond.
Masson studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and then in England.
He was also a major in the local militia and president of the Montreal Gas Company. In 1856, he was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada for Thousand Islands division. He was defeated by Léandre Dumouchel in 1864 when he ran again in the same division.
Masson founded a settlement at Sainte-Marguerite, which later became the parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.
He died at Montreal in 1875.
In 1855, he became a member of the municipal council for Montreal.