Fonds F634 - Joseph Philippe Rene Adolphe Caron fonds

Sir Joseph Philippe Rene Adophe Caron was born in Quebec on December, 24, 1843, son of the Hon. Rene Edouard Caron (Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, 1873-1876) and his wife, the former Josephine deBlois. He was educated at the Quebec Seminary, and at McGill University, from which he received the degree of B.C.L. in 1865.He was called to the bar in Quebes that same year and created a Q.C. in 1879. He entered politics in 1872, when he unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Bellechasse for the Conservative Party. In the following year he succeeded in obtaining election to the House of Commons for the same party in the constituency of Quebec County, which he represented continuously until 1887, when he was elected for Rimouski. In 1880 he became Minister of Militia under Sir John A. Macdonald. For his services in this post during the North-West Rebellion of 1865 he was created K.C.M.G. In 1892 he was appointed Postmaster General, an office he held under the administrations of Abbott, Thompson, and Bowell. In 1896 he was elected for Trois-Rivieres-St. Maurice. He was not included in Tupper's cabinet in 1896 and retired from Parliament in 1900. In 1867he had married Alice, daughter of Charles Francois Xavier Baby. Caron died on 20, April, 1908.