John Mercer Johnson

Born in England, Johnson came to New Brunswick with his father at a very early age. Educated at the Northumberland County Grammar School, he was called to the bar in 1840. Elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1850, he entered the cabinet four years later and served successively as Solicitor General, Postmaster General, Speaker and Attorney General. A Father of Confederation, he was a delegate to both the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences of 1864 and the London Conference of 1866. He was elected as Liberal representative of Northumberland to the House of Commons in 1867. He died at Chatham.

Avocat et père de la Confédération, Johnson est né en Angleterre. Il fit ses études au Nouveau-Brunswick, devint député en 1850 et ministre en 1854. Il y occupa tour à tour les fonctions de Solliciteur général, de ministre des Postes, de Président de l’Assemblée et de procureur général. Il fut délégué aux conférences de Charlottetown, de Québec et de Londres. En 1867, il fut élu député libéral du comté de Northumberland à la Chambre des communes. Il mourut à Chatham.