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{{Short description|Premier of Quebec in 1994}}
{{other people||Daniel Johnson (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Daniel Johnson Jr.
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|GOQ|size=100%}}
| image               = Daniel Johnson, Jr. at the PLQ Leadership Convention, March 16, 2013 CROPPED.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Johnson at the Quebec Liberal Party Leadership Convention in 2013
| order1              = 25th
| office1             = Premier of Quebec
| deputy1             = [[Monique Gagnon-Tremblay]]
| term_start1         = January 11, 1994
| term_end1           = September 26, 1994
| monarch1             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor1 = [[Martial Asselin]]
| predecessor1         = [[Robert Bourassa]]
| successor1          = [[Jacques Parizeau]]
| office2             = [[List of leaders of the Official Opposition of Quebec|Leader of the Opposition of Quebec]]
| term_start2         = September 26, 1994
| term_end2           = May 12, 1998 
| predecessor2        = [[Jacques Parizeau]]
| successor2          = [[Monique Gagnon-Tremblay]]
| office3               = [[Quebec Liberal Party#Party leaders|Leader]] of the [[Quebec Liberal Party]] 
| term_start3           = December 14, 1993
| term_end3             = April 30, 1998
| predecessor3          = [[Robert Bourassa]]
| successor3            = [[Jean Charest]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |[[Executive Council of Quebec|Quebec Executive Council]]
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| office8             = [[Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor (Quebec)|President of the Treasury Board]]
| premier8            = [[Robert Bourassa]]
| vicepresident8      = [[Monique Gagnon-Tremblay]]
| term_start8         = June 23, 1988
| term_end8           = January 11, 1994
| predecessor8        = [[Paul Gobeil]]
| successor8          = Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
| office9             = [[Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade|Minister of Industry and Commerce]]
| premier9            = [[Robert Bourassa]]
| term_start9         = December 12, 1985
| term_end9           = June 23, 1988
| predecessor9        = [[Rodrigue Biron]]
| successor9          = [[Pierre MacDonald]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
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| office11             = [[Member of the National Assembly (Quebec)|Member]] of the<br />[[National Assembly of Quebec]] <br /> for [[Vaudreuil (provincial electoral district)|Vaudreuil]]<br />{{small|([[Vaudreuil-Soulanges (provincial electoral district)|Vaudreuil-Soulanges]]; 1981–1989)}}
|term_start11            = April 13, 1981
|term_end11              = May 12, 1998
|predecessor11           = Louise Sauvé Cuerrier
|successor11             = [[Yvon Marcoux]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| birth_name             = Francis Daniel Johnson Jr.
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1944|12|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| alma_mater  = [[Université de Montréal]]<br />[[University College London]]<br />[[Harvard Business School]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         =

| parents = [[Daniel Johnson Sr.]]
| relatives = [[Pierre Marc Johnson]] (brother)
| spouse           = {{marriage|Jocelyne Pelchat<ref>{{cite web |title=Enregsitrement de mariage |url=https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/fr/voir?id=H%3A%2FMariages%2F1967%2F06-0663%2F67-134115.jpg |publisher=[[Ministry of Health and Social Services (Quebec)|Ministry of Health and Social Services]] |date=September 9, 1967 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |language=fr |via=Institut généalogique Drouin |url-access=subscription}}</ref>|September 9, 1967|May 7, 1993|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|Suzanne Marcil<ref>{{cite web |title=Declaration of marriage |url=https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/fr/voir?id=H%3A%2FMariages%2F1993%2F06-1102%2F93-113786.jpg |publisher=[[Ministry of Health and Social Services (Quebec)|Ministry of Health and Social Services]] |date=August 27, 1993 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |language=fr |via=Institut généalogique Drouin |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br>|August 27, 1993}}
| party               = [[Parti libéral du Québec|Quebec Liberal]]
| profession          = [[Lawyer]]
}}

'''Daniel Johnson Jr.''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|GOQ}} (born December 24, 1944) is a former Canadian [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Quebec]] and was the 25th [[premier of Quebec]] for nine months in 1994 until his party's defeat in the provincial general election.<ref>{{QuebecMNAbio|johnson-%28fils%29-daniel-3723}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Johnson was born in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. He is the son of Reine Gagné and [[Daniel Johnson Sr.]], who had been the Premier of Quebec from 1966 to his death in 1968, as the leader of the ''[[Union Nationale (Quebec)|Union Nationale]]'', a [[Conservatism|conservative]] political party. His brother is [[Pierre-Marc Johnson]], [[Parti Québécois]] leader from 1985 to 1987 and Premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985.

Johnson received his [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree from the [[Université de Montréal]] in 1966.  He also received LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the [[University College London]] in 1968 and 1971 respectively, as well as a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the [[Harvard Business School]] in 1973. Johnson immediately began his career in the business world and worked for [[Power Corporation of Canada]] from 1973 to 1981.  He served as the Vice-President of Power Corp. from 1978 to 1981.  During that period, Daniel Johnson was active in the Montreal community, acting as Vice-president of the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, and sat on other non-profit boards, such as the Montreal Heart Institute and the Grands Ballets Canadiens.

==Political career==
Johnson was first elected to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] in the riding of [[Vaudreuil-Soulanges (provincial electoral district)|Vaudreuil-Soulanges]] in the [[1981 Quebec general election]].  He ran for the [[Quebec Liberal Party leadership elections#1983 leadership convention|1983 Quebec Liberal Party leadership convention]] but finished third behind [[Pierre Paradis]] and winner [[Robert Bourassa]]. He was re-elected in the [[1985 Quebec general election|1985 election]], which brought the Liberals to power. He became Minister of Industry and Commerce in the Quebec government, and was Chairman of the Treasury Board from June 1988 until January 1994.

In January 1994, he became leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and Premier of Quebec following the resignation of Liberal leader [[Robert Bourassa]]. He then lost the [[1994 Quebec general election|1994 provincial election]] to [[Jacques Parizeau]] of the ''[[Parti Québécois]]''.

During the [[1995 Quebec referendum]], he headed the "No" federalist campaign, in opposition to the PQ's proposals for Quebec sovereignty. With the sovereignty campaign leading in polls, Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]] and federal [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] leader (and former Deputy Prime Minister) [[Jean Charest]] went to the province to help the "No" side campaign. The "No" side narrowly won the referendum.

Johnson served as Liberal party leader and [[List of leaders of the Official Opposition of Quebec|leader of the Opposition]] until 1998 when he was succeeded by [[Jean Charest]].

==Post-political career==
Since 1998, Daniel Johnson has acted as senior counsel with the law firm [[McCarthy Tétrault]] LLP.  He is also a director of exp Global Inc., Bombardier Inc., [[The Great-West Life Assurance Company]], The Investors Group, Ecopia Biosciences inc., and is Chairman of the Board of Victhom Human Bionics in Quebec City.

On April 15, 2008, Johnson was appointed to [[Bank of Canada]]'s board of directors.<ref>[http://www.economicnews.ca/login.php?page=reportsDetails&newsid=71862&prevview=&view=details&country=&plimit=0&category=All%20Economic%20Reports Former Quebec Premier Named to BOC Board]</ref>

==Elections as party leader==
Johnson lost the [[1994 Quebec general election|1994 provincial election]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230219/http://www.mccarthy.ca/en/lawyerprofiles/new_micro_query.asp?Employee_CD=1421 McCarthy Tetrault biography]

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