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♂ Donald James Johnston
aliasDonald James Johnston
Record
30254 · 879

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 26 June 1936 → 87 years + 10 months ago
Lived 85 years + 7 months
First mandate 16 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 4 February 2022 → 2 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 2 months after 20 November 1988
Special notes
None
 
Donald James Johnston (1936–2022)
© Photo 2017 Mhuntley HB — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 1 2

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 43–46 03 Mar 1980 — 29 Sep 1982 2 6 26
2. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 48 30 Jun 1984 — 16 Sep 1984 0 2 17
 1. President [Treasury Board]
 2. Justice and Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 51,592 Votes: 28,727 Participation: 55.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10905(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 1/4 17,214 59.92% +7,823 Loser:
PC
 9,391 32.69% Bernard Finestone

Service: 7 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 58,913 Votes: 43,995 Participation: 74.68% Candidacies: 8
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4571(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/8 31,486 71.57% +25,112 Loser:
PC
 6,374 14.49% Bernard Finestone

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,913 Votes: 37,156 Participation: 63.07% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4289(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/7 24,907 67.49% +18,238 Loser:
PC
 6,669 18.07% Claude Dupras

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,815 Votes: 40,722 Participation: 74.29% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4007(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/6 18,244 45.29% +4,076 Loser:
PC
 14,168 35.17% Bertrand Laforte
After his election:
18 Jan 1988 51
LIB
 →
ILIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,895 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3712(F) — 30 Mar 2024 17:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 16,600 41.61% David Berger

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Donald James Johnston, P.C., Q.C., O.C., M.P.		 25 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Donald James Johnston, C.P., c.r., O.C., député		 25 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Don Johnston		 25 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Donald Johnston		 25 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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