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...leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party, Toronto Lawyer John Turner, 55, became the nation's 17th Prime Minister last week, succeeding the retiring Pierre Trudeau, 64. Early Saturday morning, Trudeau drove from his official residence in Ottawa to Government House, where he offered his resignation. Scarcely half an hour later, Turner and his new 28-member Cabinet arrived to be sworn into office by Governor General Jeanne Sauve...
...star of the Cabinet, which has eight fewer members than under Trudeau, is Jean Chretien, who ran second to Turner in the party leadership fight last month. By offering the popular Chretien the important posts of Secretary of State for External Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Turner went a long way toward unifying the party and reinforcing the Liberals' traditionally strong position in Quebec. Turner's first task is to get his party re-elected over the Progressive Conservative Party led by Businessman Brian Mulroney. Elections could be called as early...
With all the hoopla of a midwestern provincial fair, Canada's ruling Liberal Party held a convention in Ottawa last week to choose a successor to Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who has led the country for 15 of the past 16 years. Seven candidates tried to woo the party's 3,500 delegates with barbecued ribs and chicken, corned-beef sandwiches, chips and plenty of suds, rock bands and sightseeing boats. But in the end, after three days of speeches and revelry, the delegates Saturday evening elected on the second ballot the candidate who had been the front runner...
...elections, which must be held some time before next spring, against the opposition Progressive Conservatives, led by a political newcomer, Businessman Brian Mulroney, 45. Whichever party wins in what is expected to be a close contest, Canada's next government will undoubtedly be considerably to the right of Trudeau...
...native Quebec. In many respects Chrétien is a more engaging politician than Turner, who is sometimes described as cold and aloof. Turner benefited from the Liberals' longstanding tradition that the party's leadership should alternate between representatives of English-and French-speaking regions. Since Trudeau is from Quebec, the convention would have had to break with custom to choose Chrétien. Moreover, Turner's impressive bearing and boardroom presence probably represent what the delegates feel their countrymen want in a national leader. All at the convention were conscious of the party's shift...