Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron (November 16, 1869 – August 7, 1944) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Ontario

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, Canada. He represented City of Ottawa

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1907 to 1908 as a Liberal

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He was born in Garneau, Quebec, the son of Magloire Caron and Honorine Déchêne, and was educated at the Collège Bourget

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, the Université Laval

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 and Osgoode Hall

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. Caron practised law in Ottawa

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. He was Licence Commissioner of Ottawa from 1904 to 1905. Caron was elected to the House of Commons in an 1907 by-election held after Napoléon Belcourt

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 was named to the Senate. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in the Quebec riding of L'Islet in 1908. Caron served overseas as a captain in the Royal 22e Régiment

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, also known as the "Van Doos". He served as judge for the Provisional Judicial District of Cochrane from 1923 to 1939. Caron died in Ottawa at the age of 74.