The Rainmaker made it rain, Trudeau’s got to keep loyal Liberals loyal

It would be dangerous for Liberals to skew their campaign to millennial voters. That cohort was a winner in 2015, delivering a solid majority to the Liberals. But it is not likely to be as effective this time around.

Keith Davey, who died in 2011, is pictured with then governor general Romeo LeBlanc receiving the Order of Canada in 1999. The former Liberal Senator was an influential political organizer and campaign director and played a key role in the 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, and 1984 federal elections. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

April 12, 2021

Liberal Rainmaker Keith Davey led the party to multiple successful elections. Such was the Senator’s electoral prowess that he is widely credited with the Liberals becoming the “natural governing party” in the last century. Last weekend’s Liberal convention reflected Davey’s rule. He al...

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