Pierre-Marc Johnson

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Pierre-Marc Johnson (born July 5, 1946) is a Quebec lawyer, physician and politician. He was the Parti Québécois Premier of Quebec, Canada from October 3 to December 12, 1985.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, his father, Daniel Johnson, Sr, served as premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968. His brother, Daniel Johnson, Jr, served as premier of Quebec for nine months in 1994. Pierre-Marc received a degree in law from the Université de Montréal in 1970 and a medical degree from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1976.

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 was leader of the sovereigntist PQ; and Daniel Jr was leader of the federalist Quebec Liberal Party.

Pierre-Marc followed PQ founder René Lévesque as leader of the party and as Quebec premier, but was defeated by the Liberals, led by Robert Bourassa, in the 1985 Quebec election. In December 1987 he resigned from PQ. He refused to support the 1995 Quebec referendum. Pierre-Marc Johnson has both a law degree and a medical degree. He is a former Professor of Law at McGill University in Montreal and currently is of Counsel to the law at the firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP in Montreal, Quebec.

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