Guy Caron

His Worship
Guy Caron
Caron in 2017
Mayor of Rimouski
Assumed office
November 15, 2021[1]
Preceded byMarc Parent
Parliamentary Leader of the New Democratic Party
In office
October 4, 2017 – February 25, 2019
LeaderJagmeet Singh
Preceded byTom Mulcair (as leader)
Succeeded byJagmeet Singh (as leader)
Shadow Minister for Natural Resources
In office
January 23, 2015 – November 19, 2015
LeaderThomas Mulcair
Preceded byChris Charlton
Succeeded byCandice Bergen
Shadow Minister for Industry
In office
November 1, 2011 – April 18, 2012
LeaderNycole Turmel
Preceded byPeter Julian
Succeeded byHélène LeBlanc
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
In office
May 2, 2011 – September 11, 2019
Preceded byClaude Guimond
Succeeded byMaxime Blanchette-Joncas
Personal details
Born (1968-05-13) May 13, 1968 (age 56)
Rimouski, Quebec
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Spouse
Valerie Stansfield
(m. 2006)
[2]
Children2
Residence(s)Gatineau, Quebec
Rimouski, Quebec
Alma materUniversity of Ottawa
Université du Québec à Montréal
ProfessionEconomist, journalist, public relations officer, researcher

Guy Caron (born May 13, 1968)[3] is a Canadian politician, who was elected the mayor of Rimouski, Quebec in the 2021 Quebec municipal elections. He was previously a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2019, and served as the federal House leader of the New Democratic Party from 2017 to 2019, substituting for party leader Jagmeet Singh who during this time did not hold a seat.

Caron was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[4] He represented the electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He was the NDP's critic for Finance and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, but resigned from the NDP's shadow cabinet in February 2017 to pursue leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada.[5]

On October 4, 2017, Jagmeet Singh, the newly elected NDP leader, appointed Caron to serve as the NDP's parliamentary leader.[6] He relinquished this position on February 25, 2019, upon Singh's election to parliament from the riding of Burnaby South. Caron lost his seat in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

  1. ^ "Le nouveau conseil municipal de Rimouski assermenté | Élections municipales au Québec 2021 | Radio-Canada.ca". 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Raj, Althia (September 5, 2017). "Guy Caron's Unlikely Journey From 'Paper Candidate' To NDP Leadership Contender". The Huffington Post Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Guy Caron – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. ^ "Election 2011: Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques". The Globe and Mail. May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011.
  5. ^ Politics, Canadian (2017-02-12). "NDP's Guy Caron gives up shadow cabinet role to consider leadership bid". National Post. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  6. ^ "Singh names leadership rival Guy Caron to lead NDP in the Commons". 4 October 2017.