Sworn into Privy Council as justice minister under prime minister Lester Pearson. Wins Liberal leadership. Liberals sweep to majority government. Official Languages Act receives Royal Assent. Mr. Trudeau invokes War Measures Act.
Liberals win minority government.
Federal election returns Liberal majority. Announces wage and price controls after ridiculing the proposal a year earlier. Pierre and Margaret Trudeau announce their legal separation. Joe Clark's Conservatives win minority government. Mr. Trudeau resigns as prime minister.