Adolphe-Philippe Caron

The Hon. Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron PC KCMG
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Quebec County
In office 1867–1891
Preceded by	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Succeeded by	Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rimouski
In office 1891–1896
Preceded by	Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset
Succeeded by	Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Three Rivers and St. Maurice
In office 1896–1900
Preceded by	District established in 1892
Succeeded by	Jacques Bureau
Personal details
Born	Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron (1843-12-24)24 December 1843 Quebec City, Canada East
Died	20 April 1908(1908-04-20) (aged 64) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Conservative

Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, PC KCMG (24 December 1843 – 20 April 1908) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is now best remembered as the Minister of Militia and Defence in the government of Sir John A. Macdonald and his role during the North-West Rebellion of 1885.

He was born in Quebec City in 1843, the son of René-Édouard Caron, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and McGill College. He was called to the bar in 1865 and entered practice with a law firm in Quebec City, later becoming a partner. A Conservative party member, Caron was elected six times to the Canadian House of Commons, first winning election in a by-election in 1873, where he won a seat as a Member of Parliament representing the electoral district of Quebec County. He defended this seat in 1874, 1878, 1880, 1882 and 1887. In the 1891 election he was elected as the MP for Rimouski, and in 1896 as the MP for Three Rivers and St. Maurice. From 1892–1896 he served as Postmaster General of Canada.

After Caron left politics in 1900, he returned to practising law. He died at Montreal in 1908 after having been ill for several months.

References

• Adolphe-Philippe Caron – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Adolphe-Philippe Caron". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005. 

Postmasters General Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet1 1The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

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