Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron (November 16, 1869 – August 7, 1944) was a

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lawyer, judge and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1907 to 1908 as a

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. He was born in Garneau, Quebec, the son of Magloire Caron and Honorine Déchêne, and was educated at the

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, the Université Laval and Osgoode Hall. Caron practised law in

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. He was Licence Commissioner of Ottawa from 1904 to 1905. Caron was elected to the House of Commons in a 1907 by-election held after

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was named to the Senate. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in the Quebec riding of L'Islet in 1908. Caron served overseas as a captain in the Royal 22^e Régiment, also known as the "Van Doos". He served as judge for the Provisional Judicial District of Cochrane from 1923 to 1939. Caron died in Ottawa at the age of 74.

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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Judges in Ontario 1869 births 1944 deaths {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub