John Franklin "Frank" Johnston (September 3, 1929 – February 7, 2017)[1] was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1988, and as a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Sterling Lyon.
He was chosen as the city's deputy mayor in 1968, and also chaired the urban renewal committee.
He was re-elected in the 1986 election, but ironically lost to Liberal challenger Iva Yeo in 1988,[1] just as the Progressive Conservatives formed a minority government under Gary Filmon.
Johnston was an aggressively partisan MLA, and frequently referred to New Democrats as communists in legislative debates.