he was born marie-joseph-jean-baptiste-edouard-aimé massue in saint-aimé, 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. after suffering from poor health for some time, massue went to montreal in july 1890 to seek medical treatment. in september of that year, he travelled to paris, seeking a cure there. still ill, he returned to saint-aimé where he died at the age of 30.