Daniel Johnson, Sr
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The Honourable Daniel Johnson Sr. PC |
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Francis Daniel Johnson
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| 20th Premier of Quebec | |
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In office June 16, 1966 – September 26, 1968 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Hugues Lapointe |
| Preceded by | Jean Lesage |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Bertrand |
| MNA for Bagot | |
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In office December 18, 1946 – September 26, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | Cyrille Dumaine |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Guy Cardinal |
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Francis Daniel Johnson Sr. April 9, 1915 Danville, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 26, 1968 (aged 53) Manicouagan dam, Quebec |
| Political party | Union Nationale |
| Spouse(s) | Reine Gagné |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Francis Daniel Johnson Sr., PC, (April 9, 1915 – September 26, 1968) 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 Marie-Adéline Daniel, a French Canadian. He was raised bilingually but educated entirely in French.
In 1943, Johnson married Reine Gagné. In 1953, she survived being shot twice by her lover, Radio-Canada announcer Bertrand Dussault, who then committed suicide.
His sons, Pierre-Marc Johnson and Daniel Johnson, Jr. also became premiers of Quebec: remarkably, each as a leader of a different party, Pierre-Marc as leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois for a brief period in 1985, and Daniel Jr. as leader of the federalist Liberal Party of Quebec for nine months in 1994.
Johnson won a by-election in 1946 and became the Union Nationale Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Bagot. He was re-elected in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960.
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