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Throwback: When Pierre Trudeau stepped aside as Liberal leader (1984)

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In February 1984, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was well behind in the polls and announced he wouldn’t lead the Liberal Party into the next election. By June, John Turner had won the party leadership and was soon sworn in as prime minister. But it didn't last long — Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservatives went on to win a landslide victory in the 1984 federal election.

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