Samuel Timothy Johnston OY (born November 20, 1935)[1] is a former Canadian politician in the territory of Yukon, Canada.
He served as chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council from 1970 to 1984,[2] and represented Campbell in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1992 as a NDP member.
He was born in Teslin, Yukon, the son of David Peter Johnston and Rose Morris, and was educated in Carcross.
He was the first native Canadian to serve as a legislative speaker in Canada.
[3] In the 1992 election, Johnston was defeated by independent Willard Phelps in the redistributed riding of Ross River-Southern Lakes.