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OCR: LEADERSHIP LOST Turner entered the 1984 election hoping to distance himself from the unpopularity plaguing the Trudeau government But Turner made several patronage appointments just before the election, and in famous television debate, Conservative leader Brian Mulroney openly attacked him as another of the 'pork -barrel" politicians. The voters agreed giving the Liberals only 40 seats to 211 for the Conservatives As Leader of the Opposition, Turner spent four years rebuilding the Liberal Party and in the 1988 election, campai igned strongly against free trade Although the Liberals returned to Parliament with twice as many seats, they lost the election and Turner stepped down as leader making way for Jean Chretien. BIOGRAPHY of2 sjust lhim tion strongl steppe