Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, (24 December 1843 – 20 April 1908) was a
Canadian
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lawyer and politician. He is now best remembered as the
Minister of Militia and Defence
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From 1855 to 1906, the minister was responsible for Canada, Canadian militia units only, as the British ...
in the government of Sir
John A. Macdonald
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and his role during the
North-West Rebellion
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of 1885.
He was born in
Quebec City
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in 1843, the son of
René-Édouard Caron
René-Édouard Caron (21 October 1800 – 13 December 1876) was a Canadian politician, judge, and the List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, 1867–present, second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
He was born ...
, and studied at the
Petit Séminaire de Québec
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and
McGill College
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. He was called to the bar in 1865 and entered practice with a law firm in Quebec City, later becoming a partner. A
Conservative
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party member, Caron was elected six times to the
House of Commons of Canada
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, first winning election in a by-election in 1873, where he won a seat as a
Member of Parliament representing the
electoral district
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of
Quebec County. He was re-elected in
1874
Events
January
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Caspe &n ...
,
1878
Events January
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...
, 1880,
1882
Events January
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in New York at the ...
and
1887
Events January
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
. In the
1891 election, he was elected as the MP for
Rimouski
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, and in
1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...
as the MP for
Three Rivers and St. Maurice
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This Riding (d ...
. From 1892 to 1896, he served as
Postmaster General of Canada
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.
After Caron left politics in 1900, he returned to practising law. He died at
Montreal
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in 1908 after having been ill for several months.
There are Adolphe-Philippe Caron
fonds
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at
Library and Archives Canada
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and
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
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.
Electoral history
By-election: On Mr. Caron being appointed Minister of Militia and Defence, 8 November 1880
References
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External links
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1843 births
1908 deaths
Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Pre-Confederation Quebec people
Lawyers in Quebec
People of the North-West Rebellion
19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada