Preceded by Alfred Thibaudeau Occupation Financier Died June 5, 1963 Succeeded by Romuald Bourque | Political party Liberal Name Donat Raymond Party Liberal Party of Canada Resigned June 5, 1963 | |
Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King Born January 3, 1880
Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, QC, CAN ( 1880-01-03 ) | ||
Joseph Donat Raymond (January 3, 1880 – June 5, 1963) was a Canadian Senator and builder in the National Hockey League.
Born in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec, Donat was a member of the Canadian Senate as a Liberal Party from 1926 to 1963. Donat was also head of the Canadian Arena Company that helped designed arenas throughout Canada. One of the major arenas he re-built was the Montreal Forum in 1968. One of his final acts was to approve the financing and plans of the arena before he died. He won 8 Stanley Cup, 2 with the Montreal Maroons 1926-35, and 5 more cups with Montreal Canadiens in 1944-46-53-56-57.
Donat was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.
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