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Recent Timeline Liberal Party of Canada

  • 1990

    • Jean Chretien defeats Paul Martin and becomes leader of the Liberal Party.
       

  • 1993

    • Prime Minister Jean Chretien appoints Paul Martin as Finance Minister. Martin sets deficit reduction as his first priority.
       

  • 2001

    • May - It is rumoured that PM Chretien is preparing for retirement. Jean Pelletier leaves his job as the Prime Minister's personal adviser.
    • June - Paul Martin prepares for a possible leadership race. He hires Tim Murphy as his new senior political adviser.
    • October - Paul Martin supporters attempt to make rule changes that would affect a possible leadership race.
       

  • 2002

    • January 15 - Brian Tobin (a Liberal leader contender) resigns as Industry Minister. PM Chretien makes a cabinet shuffle.
    • February 11 - Allan Rock (another Liberal leader contender) publicly accuses Paul Martin's supporters of trying to restrict Liberal Party memberships.
    • February 27 - PM Chretien indicates that he may stay on as leader of the Liberal Party.
    • May 26 - PM Chretien fires Art Eggleton (Minister of Defence) for hiring his former girlfriend to do research.
    • May 30 - PM Chretien tells ministers to stop organizing for a possible Liberal leadership race.
    • May 31 - Paul Martin publicly states that he is considering resigning as Minister of Finance.
    • June 2 - PM Chretien replaces Paul Martin with John Manley as Minister of Finance.
    • June to August - Martin supporters (both in Parliament and in the riding associations) publicly call for a leadership review and the replacement of Chretien.
    • August 18 - Over half of Liberal members of Parliament sign a letter declaring their support for PM Chretien.
    • August 19 - Liberal senators publicly state their support for PM Chretien.
    • August 21 - Chretien announces that he will step down as Prime Minister in February 2004.
 

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