René-Édouard Caron

René-Édouard Caron

René-Édouard Caron (born October 21, 1800 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré , Lower Canada , † December 13, 1876 in Sillery , Québec ) was a Canadian politician and judge . He was twice mayor of the provincial capital Quebec and was a member of the upper house of the province of Canada . Eventually he served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec from 1873 until his death .

biography

Caron studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and received legal training in André-Rémi Hamel's law firm. In 1826 he was admitted to the bar. In 1833 Caron was elected to the Québec City Council, from 1834 to 1836 he was mayor. During his term of office, which lasted until 1836, a cholera epidemic fell, killing over 2,000 residents. From 1840 to 1846 he served a second time as mayor.

Also in 1834 Caron was elected to the parliament of the Lower Canada colony , but after two years he resigned. In 1841 he was appointed a member of the House of Lords of the Province of Canada and was its speaker from 1843 to 1847 and from 1848 to 1853. He was then a judge at the Court of Appeal. In 1859 he was involved in the codification of civil law as a member of a commission set up by the government . Governor General Lord Dufferin swore in Caron on February 17, 1873 as Lieutenant Governor of Québec. He held this representative office until his death.

His son Adolphe-Philippe Caron was later a member of the House of Commons and Minister of Defense. Daughter Corine marries Charles Fitzpatrick , who later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and also Lieutenant Governor of Québec. Daughter Marie-Joséphine married the future Chief Justice Jean-Thomas Taschereau and was the mother of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , a Prime Minister of Québec.

Web links

• René-Édouard Caron . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
• Biography on the Québec National Assembly website (French)