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OCR: PARTY LEADER Laurier was elected to Parliament in Alexander Mackenzie S Liberal sweep of1874 and served lengthy political apprenticeship as aide to Mackenzie successor Edward Blake Then, in 1887 this French Canadian with the aristocratic demeanour aad stirring eloquence reluctantly accepted the party leadership In 1891 campaigning for unrestricted reciprocity with the US ,he led the Liberals to their fourth consecutive defeat. Realising that the idea of free trade aroused English Canada fear of American takeover Laurier renounced the policy in 1893 BIOGRAPHY of8 thai takeove Laurie