André Caron (18 December 1944 – 10 January 1997) was a member of the

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from 1993 to 1997. He was a school guidance counsellor in the Jonquière area and became a church deacon in 1988. Caron was born in Jonquière, Quebec, where he was elected for the

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party in the 1993 federal election. He served in the

35th Canadian Parliament The 35th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 17, 1994, until April 27, 1997. The membership was set by the 1993 federal election on October 25, 1993, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...

for the Jonquière electoral district as the Bloc's transportation critic. Includes tributes to André Caron. His education included Université Laval and Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. He studied counselling and teaching subjects at the former institution, and theology at the latter. Caron died in hospital at Chicoutimi, Quebec of cancer before completing his first term in office, several months before the next federal election. He left two sons (Jean-François, Louis-Philippe) and wife Marie Lévesque.

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* 1944 births 1997 deaths Bloc Québécois MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Saguenay, Quebec Deaths from cancer in Quebec French Quebecers {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub