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Pierre Elliott Trudeau elected head of the Canadian Liberal Party 1968

On April 6, 1968, the Canadian Federal Liberal leadership convention elected Pierre Elliott Trudeau as party leader.
He would go on to win 4 elections and leave behind a complicated legacy.

 No one in the society should be entitled to superfluous or luxury goods until the essentials of life are made available to everyone. 
Trudeau in 1968

 

Pierre Elliot Trudeau single stamp 

Pierre Elliot Trudeau souvenir sheet

Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1919-2000
Issued in 2001 after his death in 2000
Designed by Tom Yakobina

You can find a lengthy biography on Trudeau here:
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

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