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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?
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