For the Canadian weightlifter, see Jacques Demers (weightlifter).
The Honourable
Jacques Demers
Senator for Rigaud, Quebec
In office August 27, 2009 – August 25, 2019
Nominated by
Stephen Harper
Appointed by
Michaëlle Jean
Preceded by
Yoine Goldstein
Personal details
Born
(1944-08-25) August 25, 1944 (age 79) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party
Independent Senators Group
Other political affiliations
Conservative (2009–2015)
Spouse
Deborah Anderson[1]
Children
4
Jacques Demers (born August 25, 1944) is a former Canadian Senator, former broadcaster and former professional ice hockey head coach. After a lengthy coaching career in the World Hockey Association and in the National Hockey League, Demers became an analyst for Montreal Canadiens games on RDS. On August 27, 2009, he was nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fill the Canadian Senate seat vacated by Yoine Goldstein. Senator Demers represented the Conservative Party in the Senate[2] until December 2015 when he resigned from the Conservative caucus in order to sit as an Independent.[3] On his 75th birthday on August 25, 2019, he left his position as Senator.
^"Harper appoints 9 to Senate". The Toronto Star. 27 August 2009.
^"Jacques Demers to be among Senate appointees". CTV. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
^"Senator Jacques Demers resigns from Conservative caucus, becomes independent Senator | Globalnews.ca".
JacquesDemers (born August 25, 1944) is a former Canadian Senator, former broadcaster and former professional ice hockey head coach. After a lengthy coaching...
regular season. JacquesDemers is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons. Five coaches have won the award with two teams: Jacques Lemaire, Pat...
won two, and Leo Dandurand, Claude Ruel, Al MacNeil, Jean Perron, and JacquesDemers have won one each. Lalonde won a Stanley Cup championship in 1915–16...
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hundred stitches to Salming's face. Gallant's career took off after JacquesDemers was hired as the Red Wings head coach in 1986. In his next four seasons...
season, Mario Tremblay was hired as Montreal's new head coach, replacing JacquesDemers who had been fired. Roy and Tremblay, who had roomed together while...
Esposito fired head coach Terry Crisp in 1997. Even with interim coach JacquesDemers, who had enjoyed successful tenures with the Red Wings and Canadiens...
Dave Keon, Michel Dion and Kim Clackson. The Racers' best-known coach, JacquesDemers, later led the Montreal Canadiens to the 1992–93 Stanley Cup championship...
is named after him. Mike Babcock has the most regular season wins. JacquesDemers is the only NHL coach to have won the Jack Adams Award twice with the...
Keenan Ron Francis (7:59, third) 1993 Montreal Canadiens (PW) (34, 24–9) JacquesDemers 4–1 Los Angeles Kings (CC) (1, 0–1) Barry Melrose Kirk Muller (3:51...
was fired 11 games into the 1997–98 season and replaced by JacquesDemers. Though Demers had presided over the resurgence of the Detroit Red Wings in...
Awards Preceded by JacquesDemers Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1989 Succeeded by Bob Murdoch Preceded by Pat Quinn Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1993...
head coach JacquesDemers named Yzerman captain of the team on October 7, 1986, making him the youngest captain in the team's history. Demers said he "wanted...
at Edmonton's Northlands Coliseum. The WHA All-Stars were coached by JacquesDemers, who put Gretzky on a line with his boyhood idol Gordie Howe and Howe's...
Harry Neale Head coach of the Detroit Red Wings 1985–86 Succeeded by JacquesDemers Preceded by Mickey Redmond and Gary Dornhoefer Canadian television color...
Geoffrion, 1979 Bob Berry, 1981–1984 Jacques Lemaire, 1984–1985 Jean Perron, 1985–1988 Pat Burns, 1988–1992 JacquesDemers, 1992–1995 Mario Tremblay, 1995–1997...
in Game 2, with the Kings leading by a score of 2–1, Canadiens coach JacquesDemers requested a measurement of Kings defenseman Marty McSorley's stick blade...
without a bailout from Quebec's provincial government. However, Premier Jacques Parizeau turned the request down, as few in Quebec were willing to be seen...
Conservative Senator Elaine McCoy, former Conservative caucus members JacquesDemers, John D. Wallace, Michel Rivard and Diane Bellemare and former Liberal...
Preceded by Mike Keenan Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1986 Succeeded by JacquesDemers Preceded by Ted Green Head coach of the Edmonton Oilers 1993–1994 Succeeded by...
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