Guy Caron

Guy Caron MP
Shadow Minister for Natural Resources
In office January 23, 2015 – November 19, 2015
Leader	Thomas Mulcair
Preceded by	Chris Charlton
Succeeded by	Candice Bergen
Shadow Minister for Industry
In office November 1, 2011 – April 18, 2012
Leader	Nycole Turmel
Preceded by	Peter Julian
Succeeded by	Hélène LeBlanc
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Claude Guimond
Personal details
Born	(1968-05-13) May 13, 1968 Rimouski, Quebec
Political party	New Democratic Party
Residence	Gatineau
Profession	Economist, journalist, public relations officer, researcher

Guy Caron (born May 13, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques as a member of the New Democratic Party. He is current the NDP's critic for Finance and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Early life and career

Caron has a Bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Ottawa in 1992, and served two terms as president of their student federation. He also has a Master's degree in economics from Université du Québec à Montréal in 2001.

Prior to being elected, Caron was a researcher and economist with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, most recently as Director of Special Projects. He previously worked for the Council of Canadians where he was a media relations officer, then the Campaigner on Canada-U.S. Relations, and then the Healthcare Campaigner. He has also worked for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. He is also a former journalist: he worked with radio stations CKLE and CKMN-FM, and with the newspapers Progrès-Écho and Rimouskois while studying science at the Cégep de Rimouski.

He was vice-president of the board of directors of Voyages Campus/Travel Cuts, 1994. He was president of the Canadian Federation of Students in 1994-5.

He is the author of Crossing the Line: A Citizens’ Inquiry on Canada-U.S. Relations.

Political career

Caron ran in Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques in three federal elections (2004, 2006 & 2008) unsuccessfully before being elected in 2011.

After the 2015 election, Caron was appointed the NDP critic for Finance, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, as well as deputy critic for Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.

Electoral record

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, 2013 Representation Order

There will be no territory changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	19,374	43.11	+0.13	–
	Liberal	Pierre Cadieux	12,594	28.02	+18.42	–
	Bloc Québécois	Johanne Carignan	8,673	19.3	-11.53	–
	Conservative	Francis Fortin	3,361	7.48	-7.08	–
	Green	Louise Boutin	669	1.49	-0.54	–
	Rhinoceros	Sébastien CôRhino Côrriveau	274	0.61	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,837	100.0		$210,378.44
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			69,631
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+9.28
Source: Elections Canada

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	18,360	42.98	+32.65	$1,454.82
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Guimond	13,170	30.83	-13.85	$37,084.15
	Conservative	Bertin Denis	6,218	14.56	-3.70	$48,523.44
	Liberal	Pierre Cadieux	4,101	9.60	-10.49	$12,947.19
	Green	Clément Pelletier	867	2.03	+0.40	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,716	100.0		$86,716.92
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			449	1.04	-0.13
Turnout			43,165	62.90	+4.17
Eligible voters			68,625
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+23.25
Sources:

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Guimond	17,652	44.68	-1.70	$26,530.06
	Liberal	Pierre Béland	7,937	20.09	+0.76	$16,213.11
	Conservative	Gaston Noël	7,216	18.26	-3.94	$50,736.77
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	4,085	10.33	+0.53	$8,921.06
	Independent	Louise Thibault	1,966	4.97	–	$10,441.59
	Green	James D. Morrison	645	1.63	-0.65	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,501	100.0		$83,533
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			468	1.17	-0.05
Turnout			39,969	58.73	-5.03
Eligible voters			68,055
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.23
Independent candidate Louise Thibault was previously elected as a member of the Bloc Québécois, and lost 41.41 percentage points from her results in the 2006 election.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Thibault	19,804	46.38	-11.25	$37,738.52
	Conservative	Roger Picard	9,481	22.20	+13.26	$15,575.69
	Liberal	Michel Tremblay	8,254	19.33	-4.44	$54,457.05
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	4,186	9.80	+2.75	$15,288.40
	Green	François Bédard	973	2.28	-0.34	$30.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,698	100.0		$77,697
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			529	1.22	-0.68
Turnout			43,227	63.76	+5.71
Eligible voters			67,793
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-12.26

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Thibault	22,215	57.63	-2.77	$37,917.81
	Liberal	Côme Roy	9,161	23.77	-5.96	$52,950.93
	Conservative	Denis Quimper	3,445	8.94	+2.10	$14,150.40
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	2,717	7.05	+5.10	$6,486.64
	Green	Marjolaine Delaunière	1,008	2.62	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,546	100.0		$75,927
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			747	1.90
Turnout			39,293	58.05	-0.46
Eligible voters			67,686
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+1.60
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.