death_date predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
february 7 , 2004 rhéal bélisle floyd laughren progressive conservative mpp for nickel belt november 23 , 1935 september 25 , 1963 sudbury , ontario gaston demers
 october 20 , 1971 gaston demers journalist , town clerk
gaston demers

gaston joseph clément demers -lrb- november 23 , 1935 -- february 7 , 2004 -rrb- was a canadian politician , who represented the electoral district of nickel belt in the legislative assembly of ontario from 1963 to 1971 .
he was a member of the progressive conservative party of ontario .
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 .
