 Gerrard akabatana nebato reLiberal Party of Canada apo aishanda pa degree rake re undergraduate, achifadzwa nemaonero aPrime Minister Lester Pearson panyaya dzevanhu uye dzenyika dzakawanda. Akanga ari nhume kumusangano wehutungamiri hweLiberal Party muna 1968, achitsigira John Turner. Gare gare akazvipira nokuda kweKwete rutivi mu 1980 Quebec referendum, uye akava mutungamiri weRiberal wekutasva weLisgar muna 1984. Muna 1990, akanga ari Manitoba co-chigaro Jean Chrétien kubudirira bhidha kuti Liberal Party utungamiri. 