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Trivia Eh? Pierre Trudeau

September 29, 2011 By Pat Williams

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

  • Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec
  • Was the middle of three children, had an older sister (Suzette) and a younger brother (Charles, Jr.)
  • Mother, Grace Elliott was an anglophone, his father, Charles-Émile Trudeau was a francophone
  • First met Margaret Joan Sinclair in Tahiti. At eighten years old, she was 30 years his junior.
  • Became the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 1968 to June 1979
  • March 4, 1971, Pierre Trudeau married Margaret Joan Sinclair. She was 22.
  • The Trudeau’s separated in 1977, Pierre became the custodial parent of their 3 children. Justin (1971), Alexandre (Sacha) (1973), and Michel (1975 – he was killed in an avalanche in 1998).
  • Elected Prime Minister again from March 1980 to June 1984
  • Pierre & Margaret were officially divorced in 1984
  • Considered the most charismatic Canadian leader.
  • Trudeau was awarded the Albert Einstein Peace Prize in 1983-84, for negotiating nuclear weapon reduction and Cold War tension
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau passed away on September 28, 2000
  • His final resting place is the family crypt in St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Quebec
  • On June 10, 2006, Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau in British Columbia was named in his honour

Photo Credit: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Time, 1968.
© TimePix
Source: Time, July 5, 1968
National Archives of Canada, C-027281

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