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Trudeaumania

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From Trudeau +‎ -mania.

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Trudeaumania (uncountable)

  1. (Canadian politics) Fervent admiration of Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984, especially during his 1968 election campaign and his early years in office.
    • 1968 May 4, Sally Barnes, “Trudeaumania a bonanza for Metro Liberals”, in Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, page 13:
      Conservatives deny that what they refer to as Trudeaumania has scared candidates from their ranks.
    • 1971, "Canada '72—dull and grey, but still very real" (editorial), Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1 Jul, p. 7:
      Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's own distinctive revolution in democratic political style; the swinger, the all-round athlete: Trudeaumania as overture to the Just Society.
    • 2006 April 17, John Geddes, “Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae are pals. Really.”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 20 Jan. 2009:
      During the 1968–69 school year, remembered for its anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and Trudeaumania, Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae shared a cheap apartment.
    • 2016 November 20, “New books put Trudeaumania in fresh perspective”, in Toronto Star[1], archived from the original on 2017-08-07:
      But Wright takes a rather contrarian position about the impact of emotionally charged Trudeaumania on PET’s astonishing political rise in 1968.
  2. (Canadian politics) Fervent admiration of Justin Trudeau (born 1971), Prime Minister of Canada since 2015.
    • 2023 August 10, Norimitsu Onishi, “After separation, Trudeau searches for a new image: With marriage broken, he faces skeptical voters”, in The Boston Globe, volume 304, number 41, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A6, columns 2–3:
      Nearly eight years ago, Trudeau was swept into Canada’s highest office on a wave of “Trudeaumania,” a fresh-faced leader who championed the idea that a more progressive, diverse, and open Canada would make the country stronger and elevate its global standing.
    • 2023 October 7, Robert Williams, “Keg is tapped, Oktoberfest is on: Trudeau makes surprise visit to Kitchener festival”, in Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A1, column 1:
      Trudeaumania, in all its selfie and handshake glory, was on full display in the city, with the crowd growing as word got out across Canada’s largest Bavarian festival that the prime minister had arrived.
    • 2024 August 28, David Staples, “Seething anger suggests change is coming”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 1:
      It quickly became clear PACE has been provoked by a number issue related to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s agenda. Phimester and Main argue Sohi’s city council is essentially an agent for this agenda and they want to reverse Trudeaumania here. “It’s so ideological,” Main said of council. “It’s trying to be pure and virtue-signally and making sure that Trudeau and Singh are happy with what they’re doing. It’s just nuts.”

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