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Daniel Johnson is counsel in our Montréal office. Mr. Johnson provides strategic and practical advice to clients regarding their relations with public and governmental institutions. He also acts as mediator in disputes between private parties.

A former Prime Minister of the Province of Québec, Mr. Johnson was a member of the National Assembly of Québec for more than 17 years and held numerous offices in the Government of Québec. He also was appointed Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Québec, the Government of Québec’s highest honour, in 2008.

A law graduate of the Université de Montréal and a member of the Québec bar since 1967, Mr. Johnson also holds LLM and PhD degrees from the University of London (UK), as well as his MBA from Harvard University. He practised law as Secretary and Vice-President of Power Corporation until 1981.

As a member of the Québec Government from 1985 to 1994, he was Minister of Industry and Commerce, then chairman of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Administration and the Public Service. He was also Minister responsible for the Montréal region, and was a member of the Standing Cabinet Committee on Planning, Regional Development and the Environment and of the Legislation Committee. He became Leader of the Québec Liberal Party in December 1993, was Prime Minister of the Province of Québec from January to September 1994, and Leader of the Official Opposition until May 1998.

In 2004, Mr. Johnson co-chaired, with the Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney, a Québec Government Commission on the construction of Montréal’s University Health Centers.

Mr. Johnson is also Honorary Consul of Sweden in Montréal.