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| | Canadian federal election, 1968 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26) |
 | | The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968 to elect members of the (Click link for more info and facts about Canadian House of Commons) Canadian House of Commons. |
 | | The charismatic, intellectual, handsome, single, and fully bilingual Trudeau soon captured the hearts and minds of the nation, and the period leading up to the election saw such intense feelings for him that it was dubbed "Trudeaumania." At public appearances, he was confronted by screaming girls, something never before seen in Canadian politics. |
 | | Images of Trudeau standing fast to the thrown bottles of the rioters were broadcast across the country, and swung the election even further in the Liberals' favour as many English-speaking Canadians believed that he would be the right leader to fight the threat of Quebec separatism. |
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