What if Pierre Trudeau had joined the New Democrats?

What if Pierre Elliot Trudeau had, in accordance with his socialist sympathies as a young man, joined the New Democratic Party, instead of the Liberals?

How would his political career have played out? How would he have fit in in the NDP? Could he be Douglas's Quebec lieutenant, helping win votes there? Could Trudeaumania translate into a much greater percentage of votes for the NDP during federal elections? What chances would the NDP have at power with Trudeau as a member?

And what would happen to the Liberals (Paul Martin Sr. as party leader and PM?), and for Canada and its federal politics?
 
NDP never gains power no matter what. Trudeau only joined the Liberal Party because he knew it was the only road to 24 Sussex and never gave up those convictions.

Paul Martin Sr.: Pearson Mk II, but not for long given his age.
 
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