Editing Pierre Marc Johnson (section)

== Early background ==
Born in [[Montreal]], Quebec, on July 5, 1946, Johnson is of [[French-Canadian]] and [[Irish Canadian|Irish descent]] and is a [[Roman Catholic]]. He received a degree in law from the [[Université de Montréal]] in 1970 and a medical degree from the [[Université de Sherbrooke]] in 1976.

He is the son of Reine Gagné and [[Daniel Johnson Sr.]], who served as [[Premier of Quebec]] from [[1966 Quebec general election|1966]] to 1968. His brother, [[Daniel Johnson Jr.]], served as Premier for nine months in 1994.

Each of the Johnsons led different political parties:

* Daniel Sr. was leader of the conservative [[Union Nationale (Quebec)|Union Nationale]] party, and had an ambiguous position on the question of independence for Quebec;
* Pierre Marc joined the [[Quebec sovereignty movement|sovereigntist]] PQ in the aftermath of the 1970 [[October Crisis]];
* Daniel Jr. backed the [[Quebec federalist ideology|federalist]] [[Liberal Party of Quebec|Liberals]] by 1977.