Word: trudeau
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...minority governments. Nearly every Western nation, from Britain to Italy to Denmark, was being run by minority or coalition governments narrowly holding on to power. Canada, which had been without a majority party since 1972, seemed only one more among their number. But this week Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau will lead into office a Liberal government with a margin that should be large enough to assure a full five-year term...
Contrary to most predictions that he would barely retain power, Trudeau, 54, emerged from last week's elections with a solid victory. "What Trudeau had going for him was precisely the malaise-roaring inflation and instability-of the industrialized world," reports TIME Correspondent William Mader. "The populace craved stability. It sensed that at this juncture there must be greater governmental strength...
Last Hurrah. The surprising strength of Trudeau's Liberal Party gave his government a comfortable 141 seats of 264 in the House of Commons. Trudeau's majority can now govern without relying on the support of one of Canada's splinter parties. The Conservatives lost twelve seats, ending up with 95, and the tiny, right-wing Social Credit Party dropped from 15 to eleven...
...Trudeau's success may depend a good deal upon the appealing impact of his comely wife Margaret. The daughter of a Vancouver businessman and former Liberal Cabinet Minister, Margaret, 25, shunned public exposure after her marriage to Trudeau in 1971. She preferred the quiet domestic life-skiing and pack trips with Pierre, caring for their sons Justin, 2½, and Sacha, six months-but decided after Trudeau's near-defeat in 1972 that this time she should take a more active campaign role. Lately Margaret, with her elfin smile and insouciant ways, has been wowing crowds from Quebec...
...banner proclaiming STANFIELD is A LOVER TOO. Even New Democrat Leader David Lewis, 65, was forced to admit to a persistent questioner at a campaign rally that he and Sophie, his wife of 39 years, were "very good friends, let me tell you." The latest Gallup poll gives Trudeau the edge in the election. But the figures-Liberals 42%, Tories 34%, N.D.P. 18%-so closely approximate those of the 1972 election that another minority-government era for Canada seems likely...