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First Among Equals - Children's Version : The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Born 1919, Died 2000

Time as Prime Minister
1968 - 1979
1980 - 1984

Born

  • October 18, 1919, Montreal, Quebec

Education

  • Jean de Brébeuf College, B.A. 1940
  • University of Montreal, LL.L. 1943
  • Harvard University, M.A. Political Economy 1945
  • École des sciences politiques, Paris 1946 - 1947
  • London School of Economics 1947 - 1948

Personal Life

  • Married 1971, Margaret Sinclair (b. 1948)
  • Three sons (one died accidentally in 1998)
  • Divorced 1984
  • One daughter

Occupations

  • Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1943, to the Ontario Bar in 1967)
  • 1949 - 1951 Advisor to the Privy Council
  • 1950 Co-founder and director, Cité libre
  • 1961 - 1965 Researcher, Institut de recherches en droit public
  • Author
  • Law consultant

Political Party

  • Liberal
  • 1968 - 1984 Party Leader

Constituencies

  • 1965 - 1984 Mount Royal, Quebec

Other Ministries

  • 1967 - 1968 Justice
  • 1968 Acting President of the Privy Council

Political Record

  • Official Languages Act 1969
  • October Crisis (implementation of War Measures Act) 1970
  • Wage and Price Controls 1975
  • Leader of the Opposition 1979 - 1980
  • Significant role in the victory of the "No" forces in the Quebec Referendum on Sovereignty-Association 1980
  • Appointed Jeanne Sauvé first woman Speaker of the House of Commons 1980
  • Canadian Charter of Rights 1982
  • Constitution Act 1982
  • Appointed Jeanne Sauvé, Canada's first woman governor general 1984

Died

  • September 28, 2000, Montreal, Quebec
  • Grave site: Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville, Quebec

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.