He was now the hottest ticket in the Liberal leadership race. A record and poster shop places its bets on Pierre Trudeau (with only a nod to the Mona Lisa and actress Raquel Welch). Canadians had caught earlier glimpses of Pierre Trudeau’s nascent sex appeal, his hip sartorial style, and, of course, his commanding intellect. Asked in mid-February about whispering campaigns from his Liberal leadership rivals, he replied with characteristic bravado. “It makes me feel like running.” Excerpt from Trudeaumania: The Rise to Power of Pierre Elliott Trudeau by Robert Wright ©2016.

Source: thestar September 17, 2016 14:03 UTC