Robert Winters
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Robert Henry Winters was a Canadian politician and businessman.
Winters, c. 1942-48
The Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election on April 6, 1968. The election was won by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who became the new prime minister of C
Robert Winters
…social justice. He originally announced that he would not seek to replace the retiring Pearson, but changed his mind and ran to succeed Pearson at the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, coming in second to Pierre Trudeau. Winters then left politics, to become president and director of Brazilian Light and Power and a vice president of…
Pierre Elliott Trudeau portrait 1968
Robert Winters
Finance Minister John Turner speaks to reporters 1975
Paul Hellyer portrait