Daniel Johnson, Sr.


Francis Daniel Johnson, Sr., PC was a Quebec politician and the 20th Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968.

Johnson was born in Danville, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Francis Johnson, an anglophone labourer of Irish heritage, and MarieAdline Daniel, a FrenchCanadian. He was raised bilingually but educated entirely in French. His sons, PierreMarc Johnson and Daniel Johnson, Jr. also became premiers of Quebec remarkably, each as a leader of a different party, PierreMarc as leader of the sovereigntist Parti Qubcois for a brief period in 1985, and Daniel Jr. as leader of the federalist Liberal Party of Quebec for nine months in 1994.

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