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

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in 1988. Caron was born in

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, where he was elected for the

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party in the 1993 federal election. He served in the

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for the Jonquière electoral district as the Bloc's transportation critic. Includes tributes to André Caron. His education included

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and

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. He studied counselling and teaching subjects at the former institution, and

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at the latter. Caron died in hospital at

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi ( , ) is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and ...

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 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Université Laval alumni Université du Québec à Chicoutimi alumni {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub