Gaston Demers Explained

Gaston Demers
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1963
Term End1:1971
Predecessor1:Rhéal Bélisle
Successor1:Floyd Laughren
Constituency1:Nickel Belt
Party:Progressive Conservative
Birth Date:23 November 1935
Death Place:Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Stock broker, real estate investor
Spouse:Doreen nee McDonald Demers
Children:Lisa Renee Demers and Lianne Carmel Demers

Gaston Joseph Clément Demers (November 23, 1935 – February 7, 2004) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1971 who represented the northern Ontario riding of Nickel Belt.

Before entering politics, Demers had worked as a journalist for the North Bay Nugget and as a town clerk in Chelmsford. At the time of his election, he was the youngest Member of Provincial Parliament ever elected to the provincial legislature.

After leaving politics, he served on the boards of FedNor and of Sudbury's Laurentian Hospital, and was a key lobbyist behind the creation of Collège Boréal.