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UNCOVERED: Canadian ex pm seeks to help liberals match his 1993 landslide victory | History Defined

Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretién speaks  in Ottawa, Ontario, in March 2025.
The former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien speaks in Ottawa, Ontario, in March 2025. Photograph: Blair Gable/Reuters

In the frenzy of a Canadian general election campaign, few things drain party activists more than the relentless travel, as they crisscross the country’s vast geography to drum up support in far-flung electoral districts.

But ahead of what has been described as the most consequential general election in a lifetime, the 91-year-old former prime minister Jean Chrétien has campaigned for the Liberals in 30 electoral districts across the country as the party seeks to match – or even eclipse – his 1993 landslide victory.

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