Original upload date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:51:00 GMT
May 8 1974 ~ Supported by the New Democratic Party for approximately 18 months, Pierre Trudeau's minority government dissolves when the NDP join with the Progressive Conservatives to defeat John Turne
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r's proposed budget. John Diefenbaker, Robert Stanfield, Turner and David Lewis all come out and talk to the cameras. This was to be Stanfield's third and final attempt to succeed as leader of the PCs against Trudeau. This was also Lewis' second and last election run as leader of the NDP. Lewis was the first person to replace party founder Tommy Douglas. The next year would see Lewis succeeded by Ed Broadbent, who would hold the job until 1989. A second clip shows the results of election night July 9 two months later, with the Liberals getting a very solid majority that would endure nearly five years - three election victories in a row for Pierre Trudeau.
