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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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[[Image:MonsonHenryGouge23.jpg|thumb|right|Monson Henry Goudge <br> Source: Library and Archives Canada]]

'''Monson Henry Goudge''' (22 October 1829 &ndash; 1 March 1920) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented [[Hants (electoral district)|Hants]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1873 to 1878 as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] member.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=1130|nolist=yes}}</ref> His surname also appears as '''Gouge'''.Monson's middle name, recorded here as Henry is not supported by documentation - it is Hoit or Hoyt ( marriage certificate 1901).

He was born in [[Windsor, Nova Scotia]],<ref name="parl"/> the son of [[Henry Goudge]], and educated in Windsor. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons against [[Joseph Howe]] in 1869 and was first elected in an 1873 by-election held after Howe was named Lieutenant Governor.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32962/328 |page=311 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1897 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}</ref> He was defeated in a bid for reelection in 1878. Goudge was appointed to the [[Legislative Council of Nova Scotia]] for Hants County, serving from 1884 until his death. He also served as president of the council from 1903.<ref name="parl"/>

Goudge was married twice: first to Sophia E. Grant and then to Blanche E. Simpson in 1901. He was a director of the Mineral Exploration and Mining Association of Nova Scotia. Goudge died in Windsor at the age of 90.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/238 |page=238 |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967 |editor-first=J.K. |editor-last=Johnson |location=Ottawa |publisher=Public Archives Canada |date=1968 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

== Electoral record ==
{{CanElec1-by|24 April 1869|On Mr. Howe being called to the Privy Council and<br>appointed President of that body, 19 January 1869}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal-Conservative|[[Joseph Howe]]|1,512}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Monson Henry Goudge|1,129}}
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{{CanElec1-by|5 July 1873|On Mr. Howe being named Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, 7 May 1873}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Monson Henry Goudge|acclaimed}}
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{{1874 Canadian federal election/Hants}}
{{1878 Canadian federal election/Hants}}

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[[Category:1829 births]]
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[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLCs]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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