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He was first elected leader of the conservative Union Nationale party in 1961. The party had governed Quebec with Maurice Duplessis as its leader from 1935 until its defeat in 1960 by the Quebec Liberal Party of Jean Lesage. The UN's defeat is seen as the beginning of the Quiet Revolution, which sought to overturn the domination of the Quebec economy by English-speking people, and the dominant role of the Catholic Church in Quebec Society.
In 1965, his book entitled, Égalité ou indépendance (Equality or independence), made him the first leader of a Quebec political party to recognise the possibility of independence for Quebec. His position on the issue was ambiguous: as he wrote in his book, his position was for "independence if necessary, but not necessarily independence".
Under the same slogan, Égalité ou independance, he was elected as premier of Quebec in 1966. He retained this position until his death in 1968. His term was, among other things, qualified by tensions with the Government of Canada over constitutional matters.
His sons, Pierre-Marc JohnsonPierre-Marc Johnson (b. July 5, 1946) was the Parti Quebecois Premier of the Province of Quebec, Canada for a short period of time from October 3 to December 12, 1985. His father, Daniel Johnson, Sr, served as premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968. His brot and Daniel Johnson, JrDaniel Johnson, Jr. born December 24, 1944) was Premier of the Province of Quebec, Canada from January 11 to September 26, 1994, and leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, which is the main federalist political party in Quebec, i. it supports Quebec remai also became premiers of Quebec: Pierre-Marc as leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois for a brief period in 1985, and Daniel Jr as leader of the federalistQuebec federalism in regards to the future of the Quebec people, defends the concept of Quebec remaining within Canada as opposed to Quebec sovereigntism, proponent of Quebec independence (most often, but not for all followers, along with an economic unio Quebec Liberal Party for nine months in 1994.
He won the 1966 electionIn the Quebec general election on June 5, 1966, the Union Nationale under Daniel Johnson, Sr. defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party under Jean Lesage. In terms of the number of seats won, the election was one of the closest in recent history, with t and died in office in 1968.