(1926-19 Aug. 1984), farmer. He was active in farm organizations including the Glengarry Soil and Crop and Association. In 1962 and 1963 he won the Glengarry County Pasture Management Competition, and in 1967 he won the Farmstead Improvement Award. He was a charter member of the Glengarry County Milk Committee, and was an Ontario representative on the Montreal Milk Producers Board. In municipal politics, he was councillor, deputy reeve and reeve for Lochiel Township. In Jan. 1973 he became the first French Canadian to be chosen warden of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry. (news story, Glengarry News 18 Jan. 1973, with picture) At this time, the Glengarry News described him as “one of Glengarry’s most progressive farmers.” At the annual warden’s dinner during his term, the guest speaker was the Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde, one of the great men of the Trudeau administration. (GN 1 Nov. 1973) Massie was awarded the Ontario Bicentennial Medal in 1984. In 1996 he was inducted posthumously into the Glengarry Agriculture Wall of Fame. (news story, GN 1 May 1996) He was a cousin of Bruno Massie, a well known mayor of Alexandria. Gerard Massie died at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Cornwall.

Glengarry News 22 Aug. 1984 * biog. sketch of Gerard Massie, prepared for Agricultural Wall of Fame, in booklet Fourth Annual Induction Ceremony of the Glengarry Agriculture ‘Wall of Fame’ Saturday, April 27th, 1996, Angus Gray Hall Maxville Fairgrounds Maxville, Ontario; biog. sketch is printed also in GN (undated clipping) (GN version has fine portrait) * Pasture Management Competition: GN 20 Sept. 1962 and 3 Oct. 1963 * is elected new councillor for Lochiel, GN 5 Dec. 1963, 24 Jan. 1964