Owen Gerard Carron (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish republican activist who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1981 to 1983.
Carron was elected in the August by-election with an increased majority but with fewer votes, becoming the youngest MP at the time.
[3] Carron, along with Danny Morrison, was arrested on 21 January 1982 whilst attempting to enter the United States illegally from Canada by car.
[4] After spending a week in a federal jail, he was deported, and later both men were convicted on a charge of making false and fictitious statements to American immigration officials.
[7] He was arrested in 1988 in the Republic, and held in custody for two-and-a-half years while extradition procedures initiated by the British government took place.