Arthur Massé

Who is Arthur Massé?

Arthur Massé was an Independent Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Kamouraska, Quebec 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 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, where he would later serve as a professor.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Kamouraska riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected for a second term in 1953. Massé became a Liberal party candidate in the 1957 election but was defeated by independent candidate Benoît Chabot.