Louis-Bonaventure Caron (November 16, 1828 – May 28, 1915) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
. He represented
L'Islet in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the Parliament of the Province of Canada. The Province of Canada consisted of the former province of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East (now Quebec), and Upper Canada ...
from 1863 to 1866.
He was born in
L'Islet, Quebec
L'Islet () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality within L'Islet Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Quebec City and ...
, the son of Bonaventure Caron and Rosalie Martineau, and was educated at the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College, the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. Caron was admitted to the bar in 1855. Caron was elected in L'Islet in 1858 but his election was overturned in June that same year; he ran unsuccessfully in 1861. He opposed
Confederation
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. Caron was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1867 and 1869. In 1866, he married Angélique-Élisabeth-Hermine Pacaud, the daughter of
Édouard-Louis Pacaud. In 1874, he was named to the
Quebec Superior Court
The Superior Court of Quebec () is a superior trial court in the Province of Quebec, in Canada. It consists of 157 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this court are taken to the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Jurisdictio ...
for the Gaspé district and then to the Quebec district three years later. He retired from the bench in 1903. Caron died in L'Islet at the age of 86.
Electoral record
By-election: On Mr. Pouliot being unseated on petition
References
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1828 births
1915 deaths
Candidates in the 1867 Canadian federal election
Judges in Quebec
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East
People from Chaudière-Appalaches
Quebec candidates for Member of Parliament