Pierre Marc Johnson

1985

1985

1985

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1946.07.05 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Lawyer, Physician.

POLITICAL PARTY: Parti Québécois (PQ).

PREMIER OF QUEBEC (Premier ministre du Québec):
3 October 1985 - 12 December 1985.

QUEBEC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (Député):
1987 - Resigned and retired from government 10 November 1987.
1985.12.02 - Anjou - Re-Elected.
1981.04.13 - Anjou - Re-Elected.
1976.11.15 - Anjou - Elected.

Leader of the Official Opposition (1985.12.12 - 1987.11.10).

SENIOR QUEBEC PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT:
Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs (1984.03.05 - 1985.12.12).
Minister of Justice / Attorney General (1984.03.05 - 1985.10.03).
Acting Minister of Cultural Communities and Immigration (1984.11.27 - 1984.12.20).
Minister of Social Affairs (1981.04.30 - 1984.03.05).
Minister of Consumers, Co-Operatives and Financial Institutions (1980.11.06 - 1981.04.30).
Minister of Labor (1977.07.06 - 1980.11.06).

PARTY LEADERSHIP:
Candidate for Leader of Parti Québécois, September 1985. First ballot: Elected Leader over five opponents with 56,925 votes (58.7%).

Leader, Parti Québécois (September 1985 - December 1987). In the 1985 elections, the PQ won 23 seats (loss of 57 seats) and was reduced to Official Opposition status. Resigned as Leader in December 1987.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Son of Daniel Johnson Sr. (1915-1968), Quebec Premier in 1966-68 and leader of the conservative l'Union Nationale party in 1961-68. Brother of Daniel Johnson Jr. (1944-), Quebec Premier in 1994 and Leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec in 1994-98.

WEBSITE: Assemblée nationale du Québec: Pierre-Marc Johnson