Janis Guðrún Johnson CM OM (born April 27, 1946) is a retired Canadian politician who served as a senator, representing the province of Manitoba.
[2] After completing her degree in 1968, Johnson moved to Ottawa, where she was a youth policy advisor to the Robert Stanfield, then-leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
[2] From 1971 to 1979, Johnson worked closely with Frank Moores, helping to organize his campaign for Premier of Newfoundland, which led to the defeat of Joey Smallwood in 1971.
)[2] In 1979, she returned to Manitoba and became an advisor to Premier Sterling Lyon, whereafter she set up the first Progressive Conservative Women's Caucus of Winnipeg.
She also worked as a freelance consultant in public affairs as well as being a lecturer in the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Continuing Education.
[2][8] That year, she joined the Canadian National Railways board of directors, where she served until 1990; Johnson notably convinced CN to establish a head office daycare, a first in Canada's corporate sector.
[2] In 1990, Johnson was appointed to represent the province of Manitoba in the Senate by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.