Alexis Caron

Alexis Pierre Caron
Alexis Pierre Caron
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Hull
	In office; 1935–1936
Preceded by	Aimé Guertin
Succeeded by	Alexandre Taché
	In office; 1939–1944
Preceded by	Alexandre Taché
Succeeded by	Alexandre Taché
Mayor of Hull, Quebec
	In office; April 1953 – April 1955
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Hull
	In office; August 1953 – August 1966
Preceded by	Alphonse Fournier
Succeeded by	Pierre Caron
Personal details
Born	8 March 1899; Hull, Quebec, Canada
Died	31 August 1966 (aged 67); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Other political; affiliations	Quebec Liberal Party
Spouse	Germaine Thibault (m. 10 September 1924)
Profession	insurance broker
Committees	Federal:; Chair, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections (1963)
Portfolio	Federal:; Parliamentary Secretary to the Postmaster General (1964–1965); Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (1963–1964)

Alexis Pierre Caron (8 March 1899 – 31 August 1966) was a Canadian politician. Caron was a Liberal Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Hull, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career.

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec at the Hull provincial riding in 1935 for the Quebec Liberal Party, then defeated in 1936, returned in 1939, defeated again in 1944 and 1948.

Caron was mayor of Hull, Quebec from April 1953 to April 1955. During this time, he entered national politics by winning the Hull riding in the 1953 federal election. He was then re-elected there in the 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1965 federal elections. Caron ended his Parliamentary career in 1966 shortly before his death during his term in the 27th Canadian Parliament.

Caron was Liberal party whip in 1963.

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