Pierre Marc Johnson
Pierre Marc Johnson MNA for Anjou | |
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In office November 15, 1976 – November 10, 1987 | |
Preceded by | Yves Tardif |
Succeeded by | René Serge Larouche |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | July 5, 1946
Political party | Parti Québécois |
Spouse | |
Parent | Daniel Johnson Sr. |
Relatives | Daniel Johnson Jr. (brother) |
Profession | |
Pierre Marc Johnson GOQ (born July 5, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985,[2] making him the province's shortest-serving premier, and the first Baby Boomer to hold the office.
Early background
Born in
He is the son of Reine Gagné and Daniel Johnson Sr., who served as Premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968. His brother, Daniel Johnson Jr., served as Premier for nine months in 1994.
Each of the Johnsons led different political parties:
- Daniel Sr. was leader of the conservative Union Nationale party, and had an ambiguous position on the question of independence for Quebec;
- Pierre Marc joined the sovereigntist PQ in the aftermath of the 1970 October Crisis;
- Daniel Jr. backed the Liberalsby 1977.
Member of the Cabinet
In
.Johnson served as Minister of
Premier of Quebec
In the leadership election of 1985, Johnson was chosen to succeed PQ founder René Lévesque as leader of the party and consequently as Premier of Quebec.
Johnson was generally considered to be soft on the
Johnson was described as somewhat on the right of the party.[3]
Leader of the Official Opposition
He was re-elected to the legislature in 1985, but his party was defeated by the Liberals, led by Robert Bourassa.
His leadership was contested by more
Elections as party leader
Johnson lost in the December 1985 election after becoming leader in October. Johnson became as opposition leader and stepped down as party leader in 1987 (with next election in 1989).
Life after leaving politics
Both a lawyer and a physician, he is a former Professor of Law at McGill University in Montreal and was Counsel at the firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP in Montreal, Quebec until 2014. He is now Counsel at the firm of Lavery, also in Montreal.[1] In 2001 he was appointed as chief advisor and negotiator of the Quebec government in the Softwood Lumber dispute between Canada and the United States by then Premier Bernard Landry.
In October 2006, he was chosen by the
Johnson was appointed by the minority Conservative government to the Canadian delegation at the
Johnson was Quebec's negotiator for CETA (Canada-European-union Trade Agreement).
Attitude about sovereignty
Johnson refused to take a stance regarding the 1995 Quebec referendum on independence.
In December 2005 he made waves in sovereigntist circles by supporting Liberal candidate and close, longtime friend Raymond Bachand in a provincial by-election in the Outremont riding.[5]
Select publications
- Johnson, Pierre Marc & Karel Mayrand. "Beyond Trade: Broadening the Globalization Governance Agenda." Guiding Global Order: G8 Governance in the Twenty First Century. (Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000). Link to item
- Johnson, Pierre Marc & Andre Beaulieu. "The Environment and NAFTA: Understanding and Implementing the New Continental Law." (Island Press, 1996)
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Registration of marriage" (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Services. June 30, 1973. Retrieved March 27, 2020 – via Institut généalogique Drouin.
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ Macpherson, Don (May 16, 2015). "The failure of the Parti Québécois leadership campaign". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ^ "Une bisbille éclate entre la commission Johnson et Transports Québec". La Presse. July 17, 2007. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ^ "Pierre Marc Johnson tourne le dos au PQ". Radio-Canada. November 25, 2005. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.