Diane Johnston

Diane Johnston is a politician and political activist in Canada. She has campaigned for office at the federal and provincial levels in Ontario and Quebec, as a candidate of the Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist. In the 1995 Ontario provincial election, she was recognized as the leader of the "Ontario Renewal Party", which was the CPC-ML under a different name.

Johnston has at various times described her occupation as office worker, sales representative, and secretary. She became involved with the Marxist-Leninist Party in the mid-1970s, and has written numerous articles published by the party. In 2002, she wrote an article describing the federal government's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as racist legislation.

Johnston was 51 years old at the time of the 2003 Quebec election. Running in Quebec, she has described Quebec as a nation and not simply as a Canadian province.

Electoral record

• Canadian federal election, 2008, Mount Royal, 97 votes (winner: Irwin Cotler, Liberal)
• Canadian federal election, 2004, Mount Royal, 94 votes (winner: Irwin Cotler, Liberal)
• Quebec general election, 2003, Westmount—St-Louis, 64 votes (winner: Jacques Chagnon, Liberal)
• Canadian federal election, 2000, York Centre, 142 votes (winner: Art Eggleton, Liberal)
• Ontario general election, 1999, Etobicoke North, 489 votes (winner: John Hastings, Progressive Conservative) [Johnston appeared on the ballot as an independent.]
• Canadian federal election, 1997, York Centre, 168 votes (winner: Art Eggleton, Liberal)
• Ontario general election, 1995, Etobicoke—Rexdale, 488 votes (winner: John Hastings, Progressive Conservative) [Johnston appeared on the ballot as an independent.]
• Canadian federal election, 1993, York Centre, 83 votes (winner: Art Eggleton, Liberal)
• Ontario by-election, April 1, 1993, Don Mills, 498 votes (winner: David Johnson, Progressive Conservative) [Johnston appeared on the ballot as an independent.]

References

1989 Quebec provincial election : Sainte-Anne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Normand Cherry	9,089	41.18
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Cormier	7,977	36.14
	Equality	Richard Lord	3,057	13.85
	Green	Serge Bellemare	941	4.26
	New Democratic	Suzy Potvin	218	0.99
	Independent	André 1er Le Pape Brabant	177	0.80
	Independent	Fergus V. Keyes	170	0.77
	Progressive Conservative	Réal Letendre	141	0.64
	Parti des travailleurs	Daniel McCrea	78	0.35
	Marxist-Leninist	Diane Johnston	70	0.32
	Crédit social uni	Jimmy Alcide Gallant	68	0.31
	Communist	Irène Dasylva	44	0.20
	Mouvement socialiste	Thérèse Spénard	42	0.19
Total valid votes			22,072	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			559
Turnout			22,631	67.31
Electors on the lists			33,623