Editing Pierre Trudeau (section)

=== Liberal leadership convention (1968) ===
{{Further|1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election}}
[[File:Trudeau podium2.JPG|thumb|Trudeau at the Liberal convention after winning the leadership]]
At the end of [[Canadian Centennial|Canada's centennial year]] in 1967, Pearson announced his intention to step down, and Trudeau entered the race to succeed him as party leader and Prime Minister. His energetic campaign attracted widespread media attention and mobilized many young people, who saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change. However, many Liberals still had reservations, given that he had only joined the party in 1965. During the convention, prominent Cabinet Minister [[Judy LaMarsh]] was caught on television profanely stating that Trudeau was not a Liberal.<ref name="Don't let the bastard win">{{cite web |title=Pierre Trudeau: 'Canada must be a just society' |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/prime-ministers/pierre-elliott-trudeau-philosopher-and-prime-minister/canada-must-be-a-just-society.html |url-status=live |work=CBC Archives |publisher=CBC News |location=Toronto |date=September 9, 1968 |access-date=December 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215153238/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/prime-ministers/pierre-elliott-trudeau-philosopher-and-prime-minister/canada-must-be-a-just-society.html |archive-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref>

Nevertheless, at the April [[1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|1968 Liberal leadership convention]], Trudeau was elected leader on the fourth ballot, with the support of 51 percent of the delegates. He defeated several prominent and long-serving Liberals, including [[Paul Martin Sr.]], [[Robert Winters]] and [[Paul Hellyer]].<ref>John English, ''Citizen of the World'' (2006) pp 476–479.</ref>