Bazin was active in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and initially supported Joe Clark. However, after becoming disenchanted with Clark's leadership, he joined in the group which was pushing for Mulroney to replace Clark as party leader.John C. Courtney, Do Conventions Matter?: Choosing National Party Leaders in Canada, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1995) p. 192.Les Whittington, "The PM's Pals - Same names crop up in Tory activities", Southam News - Prince George Citizen - January 30, 1987, p. 5. In 1983, Mulroney was elected party leader. The following year, Mulroney led the Progressive Conservatives to a landslide victory in the 1984 general election.
