Guy Caron

Guy Caron (born May 13, 1968) is a Canadian politician who served as the federal parliamentary 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. He represents 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.On October 4, 2017 Jagmeet Singh, the newly elected NDP leader, appointed Guy Caron to serve as the NDP's parliamentary leader. He relinquished this position on February 25, 2019 upon Singh's election to parliament from the riding of Burnaby South.