History tells us that such revolts can make a party unelectable for many years
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on Oct. 24. Trudeau faces his own caucus revolt, with the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre streets ahead in the polls.On Sunday Feb. 3, 1963, cabinet ministers filed into the dining room at the prime minister’s residence – some angry, some confused, all worried that internal divisions had placed their Progressive Conservative government at risk. Then John Diefenbaker walked in.
All those involved should take care. .usually occur “when a leader so obviously demonstrates weakness and unpopularity,” Norman Hillmer, professor of history at Carleton University, said in an interview.government had chalked up major successes – important reforms in immigration, health care and the justice system; a new bill of rights; leadership in the fight against apartheid – Mr.
Factional infighting helped keep the Tories out of power, with one brief exception, for more than two decades. That exception arrived in May, 1979, when Joe Clark led the PCs to a minority-government win against Pierre Trudeau’s Liberals. But though he worked hard to keep the party united, Mr. Mulroney’s caucus consisted of Quebec nationalists, populist conservatives and Red Tories. It was bound to fracture.
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