Richard Frank Johnston (born August 8, 1946) is a retired Canadian provincial politician, educator and administrator.
[6] When Lewis left politics, Johnston ran to succeed him as the NDP Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough West, winning election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1979 by-election.
Johnston received support from the left wing of the party including MPPs Floyd Laughren, Jim Renwick and Ross McClellan.
[9] Johnston promoted a strong anti-nuclear stand and was proponent of nationalizing key industries such as the banks, Bell Canada and natural resource companies such as Inco's mining and smelting operations.
He then served as president of the First Nations Technical Institute on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory from 1995 until 1998 as well as a member of Trent University's board of directors.
[5] In 1995 Johnston and his spouse purchased a farm 5 km West of Wellington in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
They started By Chadsey's Cairns,[16] one of the original wineries founded in "The County" in the 1990s, and continue to run the operation to this day.