- Born
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- Birth nameJoseph Phillipe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Pierre Trudeau was born Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau on October 18, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec. He was the son of Charles-Émile Trudeau and Grace Elliott. Trudeau had an older sister and a younger brother, Suzette and Charles Jr.
Trudeau's father died when Pierre was 15. After that, Trudeau and his brother and sister were raised by their mother, who Trudeau remained in contact for the rest of her life.
Throughout World War II to the 1950's, little did the know about the man named Pierre Elliott Trudeau. He started his career in the late 1940's and the early 1950's.
Then, in 1968, Trudeau started to make headlines, as he became the 15th Prime Minister of Canada after Lester B. Pearson retired as Prime Minister and Liberal.
His personal life brought shock and surprises. In 1971, Trudeau married Margaret Sinclair, a woman almost thirty years younger than him. Together they had three sons, Justin, Alexandre and Michel. The Trudeaus separated in 1977 and the divorced was finalized in 1984.
On June 4, 1979, Trudeau was defeated by the Conservatives leader Joe Clark. But just nine months after the Clark government was defeated and weeks after Trudeau resigned, Trudeau undid his resignation and glided his way back to 24 Sussex, with another majority government. This was Trudeau's last chance too.
On June 30, 1984, Trudeau retired and John Turner took his spot in office. Later on, Trudeau fathered a daughter with Deborah Coyne, named Sarah Elisabeth Coyne, when he was 71 years old.
In November of 1998, Canadians saw Trudeau grieving the death of his youngest son Michel in an avalanche. Friends would say that Trudeau was never the same.
On September 28, 2000, Trudeau died at the age of 80. He was suffering from Parkinson's disease, but the cause of Trudeau's death was prostate cancer. His funeral was held on October 3 in Montreal. Trudeau will be remembered for his strength of character.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Garchomp2017
- SpouseMargaret Trudeau(March 4, 1971 - April 2, 1984) (divorced, 3 children)
- Children
- RelativesPierre-Emmanuel Trudeau(Grandchild)Ella-Grace Margaret Trudeau(Grandchild)Hadrian Trudeau(Grandchild)Xavier Trudeau(Grandchild)
- Red rose in his lapel
- Hoisted middle finger
- Prime Minister of Canada 1968-1979 and 1980-1984
- Daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, with Deborah Coyne, born.
- Companion of Liona Boyd for 8 years
- Over 70,000 people visited Trudeau's body during the three days that it lay in state after his death. His funeral was attended by many ex-Prime Ministers, ex-Presidents, foreign dignitaries, and his personal friend, Fidel Castro.
- His youngest son, Michel, died in an avalanche in British Columbia, Canada, in November 1998, at the age of 23.
- Just watch me.
- In 1980, on the deluge of Canadian movies made under his government's lax film production tax shelter laws: "It's amazing what a few tax shelter laws can do. There are now many Canadian films. But there aren't too many good ones, are there?"
- The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.
- [on temporarily stepping down as Prime Minister, 1979] With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it's still a beautiful world.
- [ on learning that President Nixon had referred to him as an "asshole"] I've been called worse things by better people.
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