Caron Rene Edouard 1800-1876 Born In The Parish Of Ste Anne

Lower Canada. Educated at the Seminary of Quebec and at St. Pierre

College; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1826. Mayor

of Quebec, 1833-1837; sat in Assembly, 1834-1836; appointed a member of

the Legislative Council of Lower Canada by Lord Gosford, but did not

take his seat. Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, 1841;

Speaker, 1843-1847 and 1848-1853; member of the La Fontaine-Baldwin

governme t and of the Hincks-Morin government; judge of the Superior

Court of Quebec, 1853; afterwards judge of the Court of Queen's Bench

and judge of the Seigniorial Court. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Mayor of Quebec, and

member of Legislative Council, 1841, 83; a man of liberal views, 83;

member of La Fontaine's ministry, 83; Speaker of Legislative

Council--acts as go-between for Draper and La Fontaine, 259-263;

president of Legislative Council, 284. (Lord Elgin era) Refuses to enter Draper

ministry, 43; becomes president of Council in first La Fontaine-Baldwin

Cabinet, 53; leading member of Liberal party in Lower Canada, 109;

president of Council in Hincks-Morin government, 113; raised to Bench,

126; judge of Seigniorial Court, 187. =Bib.=: Turcotte, R. E. Caron;

Morgan, Cel. Can.; Taylor, Brit. Am.; Dent, Last Forty Years and

Can. Por.