Robert Bourassa's Liberals decisively beat the governing Union Nationale in the Quebec election. Five days later, it kidnaps Quebec labour minister Pierre Laporte. The armed forces move in to Montreal and Quebec City. A day later, Mr. Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act. The body of Mr. Laporte is found in the trunk of a car in St-Hubert, Que.
Authorities agree to the kidnappers' key demand, that they be flown to Cuba.
Peter Lougheed's Conservatives end 36 years of Social Credit government in Alberta. The federal Liberals form a minority government. Former prime minister Lester Pearson dies of cancer at 75. Robert Bourassa's Liberals are re-elected in Quebec. The Liberals see their majority restored.