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♂ Adolphe-Philippe Caron
aliasAdolphe-Philippe Caron
Record
9538 · 5120

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 73%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 3 11
Birth 24 December 1843 → 180 years + 4 months ago
Lived 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 March 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 29 years + 3 months
Death 20 April 1908 → 116 years ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 months after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 
Adolphe-Philippe Caron (1843–1908)
© Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Michel-Guillaume Baby (1834–1911) Brother-in-law  
⊖ Charles Fitzpatrick (1851–1942) Brother-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 27 6 20

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 4–7
CONS
 1 Minister 36–48 08 Nov 1880 — 24 Jan 1892 11 2 16
2. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 48–52 25 Jan 1892 — 27 Apr 1896 4 3 2
 1. Militia and Defence
 2. Post Office

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Alexis L. Desaulniers  m 
⊖ Louis-Philippe Fiset  m 
⊖ Joseph-Hormisdas Legris  m 
⊖ Isidore Thibaudeau  m 
 		 ⊖ J.-B. Romuald Fiset  m 
⊖ Télesphore Fournier  m 
⊖ P.-Vilmond Savard  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,857 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18598(F) — 25 Jun 2023 20:48 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
28
CONS
 2/2 638 34.36% -581 Winner:
LIB
 1,219 65.64% Télesphore Fournier
Eligible: inc. Votes: 932 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
28 March 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18679(F) — 25 Jun 2023 02:13 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
CONS
 1/2 708 75.97% +484 Loser:
NAT
 224 24.03% Hector Fabre
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 29
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 9 months 24 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18874(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,287 Votes: 2,862 Participation: 87.07% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19163(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
CONS
 1/2 1,702 61.33% +629 Loser:
LIB
 1,073 38.67% Isidore Thibaudeau
After his election:
7 Nov 1880 36
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 1 month 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,287 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 Québec
20 November 1880
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19625(F) — 11 Oct 2022 17:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,307 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19359(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/2 1,438 62.33% +569 Loser:
IND
 869 37.67% J.E. Bédard

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,643 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19567(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 1,451 54.90% +259 Loser:
LIB
 1,192 45.10% Joseph Martin

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,731 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19887(F) — 22 Jan 2022 15:44 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
CONS
 2/2 1,804 48.35% -123 Winner:
LIB
 1,927 51.65% P.-Vilmond Savard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,860 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19925(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 2,061 53.39% +262 Loser:
LIB
 1,799 46.61% J.-B. Romuald Fiset

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,113 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Québec
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20224(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/2 1,691 54.32% +269 Loser:
LIB
 1,422 45.68% Louis-Philippe Fiset

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,326 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 Québec
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20450(F) — 23 Jan 2022 11:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
CONS
 2/3 901 38.74% -499 Winner:
LIB
 1,400 60.19% Joseph-Hormisdas Legris

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron		 05 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Caron, sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe		 05 Feb 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Caron, Sir Adolphe-Philippe		 05 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Caron, sir Adolphe-Philippe		 05 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron, P.C., K.C., K.C.M.G., M.P.		 05 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron, C.P., C.R., K.C.M.G., député		 05 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Adolphe-Philippe Caron		 05 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Adolphe-Philippe Caron		 05 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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