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Pierre Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)

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Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister of Canada during two separate periods totaling roughly 16 years, serving from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. He matters because he led Canada during significant moments in the country's history, including constitutional reform and debates over national unity and identity.

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Born: 1919-10-18
Died: 2000-09-28
Works: 4

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919 – 2000) was a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1968 to 1984 and as the 15th prime minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984). His political longevity and the fundamental changes he initiated in Canadian politics and society at large make him arguably the most important Canadian figure of the latter half of the 20th century.

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Inbound — Prime Minister (footage)2025
Gai(e), tu ne seras point — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
Les Rose — Self (archive footage)2020
The Devil's Share — Self (archive footage)2018

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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, jurist, academic, author, and journalist who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime minister from 1979 to 1980, he served as the Leader of the Opposition.

Trudeau was born and raised in Outremont, Quebec, and studied politics and law. In 1950, he co-founded Cité Libre and rose to prominence as a labour activist in Quebec politics by opposing the conservative Union Nationale government. Trudeau was then an associate professor of law at the Université de Montréal. He was originally part of the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP), but then joined the Liberal Party in 1965 on the belief that the NDP could not achieve power. In the election that year, he was elected to the House of Commons, and was quickly appointed as prime minister Lester B. Pearson's parliamentary secretary. Trudeau was minister of justice and attorney general from 1967 to 1968, during which time he liberalized divorce and abortion laws and decriminalized homosexuality. His outgoing personality and charisma caused a sensation, termed "Trudeaumania", which helped him win the leadership of the Liberal Party in 1968. He then succeeded Pearson and became prime minister of Canada.