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Jacques Demers to sit in the Senate as an Independent after quitting Tory caucus

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Senator Jacques Demers is shown speaking to media following a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Ottawa. Demers is quitting the Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA – Sen. Jacques Demers is quitting the Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent.

The former National Hockey League coach made the announcement in a statement today.

There was no immediate word as to what prompted the decision.

Demers, 71, was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by then-prime minister Stephen Harper.

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