1974: Canada

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In a summer election, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal government won a solid majority, taking 141 seats in the 264-seat House of Commons. This victory ended almost two years of minority government, during which the Liberals stayed in power through the support of the New Democratic... ...