Today is the birthday of former Quebec Premier, and leader of the "No" forces during the 1995 Quebec Referendum, Daniel Johnson Jr.  So, I'm pleased to send out birthday greetings to Mr. Johnson and thank him for his public service to Quebec and Canada. His birthday also allows me a chance to discuss what must have been amongst the most remarkable family dinners ever held in Canadian political history.  Daniel Johnson Jr, as well as his brother, Pierre Marc Johnson both held office as Quebec's Premier, one in the 1980s and one in the 1990s.  To have two brothers, from differing parties, both become Premiers is an amazing thing.  The story gets even better when you consider that Pierre-Marc and Daniel Jr. faced each other from across the floor of the National Assembly. And if that isn't noteworthy enough, consider that the pair's father, Daniel Johnson, Sr. also served as Premier of Quebec.  This is one of the truly great families in political history! Premier Johnson Sr. headed a Union Nationale government while Pierre-Marc led the PQ. and Daniel Jr, headed the Quebec Liberals. What a record of family accomplishment. Again, happy birthday today to Daniel Johnson Jr. caption id="attachment_529247" align="aligncenter" width="352" Brothers Daniel and Pierre-Marc Johnson/caption caption id="attachment_529248" align="aligncenter" width="512" Daniel Johnson, Sr./caption Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also proudly served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.