# George Caron

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This article is about the Canadian politician. For the tail gunner on the Enola Gay, see [George R. Caron](/source/George_R._Caron).

**George Caron** (March 4, 1823 – May 14, 1902) was a [Quebec](/source/Quebec) businessman and political figure. He represented [Maskinongé](/source/Maskinong%C3%A9_(federal_electoral_district)) in the [1st Canadian Parliament](/source/1st_Canadian_Parliament) as a [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)) member.

He was born in [Rivière-du-Loup](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup,_Quebec), [Lower Canada](/source/Lower_Canada) in 1823 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. Caron established himself in business as a merchant at [Saint-Léon](/source/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand,_Maskinong%C3%A9,_Quebec). He served as a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia and as a [justice of the peace](/source/Justice_of_the_peace). He was elected to represent Maskinongé in an 1858 by-election held after the death of [Louis-Honoré Gauvreau](/source/Louis-Honor%C3%A9_Gauvreau) and reelected in 1861 but then defeated in the 1863 general election. He was elected again following [Confederation](/source/Canadian_Confederation) and then ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in the House of Commons in the three general elections that followed.

He died in Saint-Léon in 1902.

His son [Hector](/source/Hector_Caron) served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

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