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Daniel Johnson's History
I recently became interested in the history of Daniel Johnson, Sr. the 20th premier of Quebec.

Daniel Johnson, Sr.

Daniel Johnson, Sr. was born in Danville, Quebec, Canada on April 9th, 1915. He became a lawyer and a member of the political party Union Nationale. This party was founded by Maurice Duplessis. It was formed first as a loose coalition of legislators on November 7th, 1935 and later was founded as a political party on June 20th, 1936. It dispersed June 19th, 1989 just a day before it's 55 year as a political party.

Johnson married Reine Gagné and had two sons. Daniel Jonson, Jr. and Pierre-Marc Johnson who both later became premiers of Quebec.

Daniel Johnson wrote a book titled Égalité ou indépendance

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