Édouard Caron

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

Early life

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

City Politics

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

Provincial Politics

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

He died on February 25, 1900.