Background
Born in Street-Georges d"Henryville, Canada East, the son of Alexis-Louis Demers, a Quebec politician, and Marie Goyette, Demers was educated at the College of Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec and Laval University, Montreal.
Born in Street-Georges d"Henryville, Canada East, the son of Alexis-Louis Demers, a Quebec politician, and Marie Goyette, Demers was educated at the College of Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec and Laval University, Montreal.
Laval University.
A lawyer, he was the head of the firm of Demer and DeLorimier in Montreal. He was a Professor of Commercial Law at Laval University, Montreal. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Saint Johns—Iberville in the general elections of 1900.
A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1904.
He resigned in 1906 when he was appointed Puisne Judge, Superior Court.