Editing Pierre Trudeau (section)

== Early political career (1965–1967) ==
[[File:Trudeau Nomination.jpg|thumb|Trudeau after being nominated to represent the riding of Mount Royal, June 6, 1965]]
{{See also|Electoral history of Pierre Trudeau}}

In 1965, Trudeau joined the Liberal Party, along with his friends [[Gérard Pelletier]] and [[Jean Marchand]]. Dubbed the "three wise men" by the media, they ran successfully for the Liberals in the [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965 election]]. Trudeau himself was elected in the safe Liberal riding of [[Mount Royal (electoral district)|Mount Royal]] in Montreal. He would hold this seat until his retirement from politics in 1984, winning each election with large majorities. His decision to join the Liberals rather than the CCF's successor, the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] (NDP), was partly based on his belief that the federal NDP could not achieve power. He also doubted the feasibility of the NDP's centralizing policies and felt that the party leadership tended toward a "''deux nations''" approach he could not support.{{sfn|English (2006)|pp=364–365}}

Upon arrival in Ottawa, Trudeau was appointed as [[parliamentary secretary]] to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and spent much of the next year travelling abroad, representing Canada at international meetings and bodies, including the [[United Nations]]. In 1967, he was appointed to Pearson's [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] as [[Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada|Minister of Justice and Attorney General]].{{sfn|Trudeau (1993)|p=?}}