Édouard Caron

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Édouard Caron was a politician in the Quebec, Canada, who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early life[edit]

He was born on April 22, 1830, in Louiseville, Mauricie.

City Politics[edit]

He served as Mayor of Louiseville (then known as Rivière-du-Loup) in 1874.

Provincial Politics[edit]

Caron, ran as a Conservative candidate in the district of Maskinongé in 1867, but was defeated.

He won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1878 in the same district and was re-elected in 1881 and 1886.

His last re-election though was declared void in 1887. A by-election was called to settle the matter in 1888, which Caron lost against candidate Joseph-Hormisdas Legris of Honoré Mercier's Parti National.

Death[edit]

He died on February 25, 1900.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by MLA, District of Maskinongé
1878–1887
Succeeded by

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