Howard Earl Johnston (13 June 1928 – 5 June 2001) was a Canadian politician and teacher. Johnston served in the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. Johnston was born in

Enderby, British Columbia The City of Enderby is in the North Okanagan region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Armstrong and Salmon Arm. It is approximately 80 km north of Kelowna and 130 km east of Kamloops. Highway 97A passes through Enderb ...

and grew up on a farm in the Okanagan Valley. He studied English and History at university and became a high school teacher. He joined the

British Columbia Social Credit Party The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing provincial political party of British Columbia, Canada, for all but three years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election. For fou ...

prior to its breakthrough in the 1952 provincial election and remained involved with the party. He was approached to run for it in the 1960s. He was first elected in 1965 under the Social Credit Party of Canada in the Okanagan—Revelstoke electoral district, serving in the

27th Canadian Parliament The 27th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 9, 1965 until April 23, 1968. The membership was set by the 1965 federal election on November 8, 1965, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was disso ...

. Following riding boundary changes, he was defeated in the 1968 federal election in the

Okanagan—Kootenay Okanagan—Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Kamloops, Kootenay East and Okanagan— ...

riding. He made another unsuccessful attempt to gain the riding in the 1972 federal election, this time switching to the Progressive Conservative Party. In the 1974 federal election, he won Okanagan—Kootenay and served one term as a Progressive Conservative in the

30th Canadian Parliament The 30th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 30, 1974, until March 26, 1979. The membership was set by the 1974 election on July 8, 1974, and was only changed somewhat due to resignations and by-elections before it was dissolved pr ...

before retiring at the 1979 federal electio

Johnston took up painting after retiring from politic

External links

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Parliamentary Review
interview with Johnston
Howard Earl Johnston fonds, Library and Archives Canada
1928 births 2001 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia People from the Regional District of North Okanagan Social Credit Party of Canada MPs Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub