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...Canadians in his native province of Quebec (see box). Swept to power on a wave of "Trudeaumania," he had once seemed the very model of a philosopher-statesman, blessed with an impressive intellect and an acerbic wit-not to mention a sensuous young wife. But last week Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 59, who had served three times as Canada's chief executive, was narrowly defeated in an election that he had suggested would decide whether his nation would remain one country or risk division into English-and French-speaking enclaves...
...ended the Trudeau era is Joe Clark, the little-known leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. At 39, Clark will become Canada's youngest Prime Minister ever and its first Tory leader since John Diefenbaker was defeated by Lester Pearson in 1963. Clark faces the most difficult challenge that has confronted Canada in the 112 years since confederation: reconciling a nation that has never quite come to grips with its divided past...
...English Canada, between its industrialized center and its resource-rich west, was all too evident as the votes rolled in last week for the 282 seats in the newly enlarged Parliament (up from 264). Canada's 14.9 million voters divided along linguistic lines; French-speaking voters overwhelmingly supported Trudeau's Liberals, while most of the 60.2% of the population that claims English as its first or only language backed Clark's Conservatives. The result was a Tory plurality in Parliament: 136 seats for the Conservatives, 114 for the Liberals, 26 for the mildly socialist New Democratic Party...
...which has a natural concern about the political stability of a country that is not only its neighbor but also a key supplier of oil, natural gas and other raw materials. In recent years Washington has been jittery about Quebec's volatile separatist movement and has privately applauded Trudeau's efforts to control it. State Department officials expect no significant changes in U.S.-Canada relations as a result of Clark's victory. But they acknowledge that it will take some time for the new Prime Minister to achieve the warm personal rapport that Trudeau had with Jimmy...
...polarization was reflected in the province-by-province tallies. The Liberals held their own in the impoverished prov inces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. In Quebec, Trudeau easily recaptured his home riding (district) in Montreal, and the Liberals won a smashing victory. A stunning 61.9% of the popular vote and 67 of the province's 75 parliamentary seats fell into Liberal hands...