Pat Johnson (municipal commissioner)

Patrick Joseph Johnson was a member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore representing the Labour Party and a lawyer.

Johnson was born to a working class family in Cardiff.

He joined the Malayan Forestry Department in 1925, eventually rising to the rank of extra assistant conservator of forests before his retirement from civil service in 1939.

[2] In June, he was asked by the rest of the commissioners to draft a legislation for the requisitioning and control of all vacant premises in Singapore.

[10] On 11 December 1950, he was attacked by rioters during the Maria Hertogh Riots and was badly injured.