Editing Allan MacEachen (section)

==Early political career==
MacEachen was elected for the first time to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1953 Canadian federal election|1953 election]] as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] under the leadership of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Louis St-Laurent]]. MacEachen was re-elected in the [[1957 Canadian federal election|1957 election]] but was defeated in the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]] sweep in the [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958 election]], the largest federal electoral victory in Canadian history.

MacEachen was re-elected to [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] in the [[1962 Canadian federal election|1962 general election]] and again in the [[1963 Canadian federal election|1963]], [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965]], [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968]], [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972]], [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]], [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979]], and [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 elections]].