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...Well," declared Pierre Elliott Trudeau, "welcome to the 1980s." As supporters cheered his triumph in Canada's national elections last week, a moist-eyed Trudeau stood on the podium in the same ballroom of Ottawa's Château Laurier hotel where he had conceded defeat last May after eleven years as Prime Minister. A mere three months ago, he had announced his impending retirement from public life, acknowledging that he was no longer the leader to rebuild his shattered party or shape its solutions to the problems confronting Canada in the new decade...
Thanks largely to their huge majority in Quebec, the Liberals outpolled the Tories 39.9% to 36.1% in the popular vote -but the parliamentary totals were the ones that counted. Early Wednesday morning, Trudeau addressed 1,000 dejected supporters in Ottawa's Chateau Laurier hotel. "I think I will be a pretty good leader of the opposition..." he began. Interrupted by applause, he never finished the sentence...
About 1,200 Canadian Liberal Party workers and their wives went wild for the drummer who sat in with the Renaissance rock group at Ottawa's Château Laurier hotel. Flailing away at the snares, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau managed to make his own music. Said Jean-Guy Morin, the regular Renaissance drummer, "His left hand wasn't all that good, but then his right hand wasn't much either." After Trudeau had returned to the dance floor, Morin had another thought: "Maybe if I practice, I could be Prime Minister...
PREP SCHOOL: Laurier High...
...meant to avoid an embarrassing power struggle during Canada's centennial celebrations next year. Diefenbaker was so outraged by the vote that he refused to make his scheduled speech at the conference's closing dinner. As a result, the dinner itself was canceled, leaving the Chateau Laurier with 65 roasted turkeys and no one to eat them...