Patrick Johnston is a Canadian administrator and former politician. He was recruited by Liberal Party leader John Turner to contest the 1988 election for the party, but unexpectedly lost his nomination to a rival candidate supported by anti-abortion activists. The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... The Right Honourable John Napier Turner, PC , CC , QC , BA , BCL , LL.D. (born June 7, 1929) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada from June 30, 1984 to September 17, 1984. ... Map of the Popular Vote with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories The Canadian Parliament after the 1988 election The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...

A teacher and social worker from Toronto, Johnston served for six years as leader of the Anti-Poverty Coalition. Originally a member of the New Democratic Party, he joined the Liberals in 1984 after charging the NDP with lacking a coherent economic policy (Toronto Star, 24 May 1989). He served as senior adviser to Ontario Premier David Peterson's Social Assistance Review Committee, and was co-chair of the federal Liberal Party's election committee in 1988. The New Democratic Party (French: Nouveau Parti démocratique) is a left wing political party in Canada that advocates varying forms of social democracy and democratic socialism. ... This page is about the year 1984. ... Dalton McGuinty The Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The Honourable David Robert Peterson, PC , LL.B , BA (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Despite strong support from the party establishment, he lost to Liberal nomination in Scarborough West to a little-known Toronto lawyer named Tom Wappel, 523 votes to 372 (Globe and Mail, 12 September 1988). Wappel, a staunch social conservative, was supported by members of the anti-abortion group Campaign Life. Johnston, 39 years old in 1988, remained a senior policy adviser to John Turner after this defeat. Scarborough West was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ... Thomas William Wappel, MP (born February 9, 1950) is a Canadian Member of Parliament. ...

Johnston was hired as a policy adviser for Ontario David Peterson in 1989 (Toronto Star, 1 April 1989), and held this position until Peterson's defeat in 1990. He later served as director of the Canadian Council on Social Development. In the latter capacity, he promoted economic intervention to address poverty issues (Toronto Star, 18 December 1993) and spoke out against workfare programs (Toronto Star, 22 September 1993). 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Workfare is an alternative model to conventional Social Welfare systems. ...

In 1994, Johnston chaired a task-force convened by cabinet minister Lloyd Axworthy on reforms to Canada's welfare state (Toronto Star, 13 June 1994). He later served as president of the Canadian Centre for Philanthrophy, an umbrella group covering a variety of charitable groups (Globe and Mail, 25 October 1997). 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Honourable Lloyd Norman Axworthy, PC , OC , Ph. ...