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In this chapter, Axworthy traces the 1979 campaign in which he won the new riding of Winnipeg Fort Garry during a period of Liberal unpopularity under Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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Lloyd Axelworthy
Lloyd Axworthy is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. In 2000, he retired from politics, returning to western Canada where he served as President of the University of Winnipeg for ten years. In December, 2015 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada. He now chairs the World Refugee and Migration Council and lives with his wife Denise, in Ottawa.
