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Pierre Trudeau

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Also known as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau

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

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Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, journalist, and judge who served as Prime Minister of Canada, Leader of the Official Opposition, and member of the House of Commons. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he was born in Montreal and died there of prostate cancer. He is the spouse of Margaret Trudeau and the father of Justin, Alexandre, and Michel Trudeau.

Trudeau received education at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Sciences Po, and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He was awarded the Albert Einstein Peace Prize and the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. His published works include *Our last farewell*, *Bible et migrations*, *Memoirs*, and *Histoire de l'action sociale à Pantin*. He is buried in Saint-Rémi.

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Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Our last farewell
  • Bible et migrations
  • Memoirs
  • Histoire de l'action sociale à Pantin

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Film & TV

Acting · Montreal, Canada

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.

Known for

  • 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
  • Welcome to My Castle! — Self2007
  • Les Feux de la Saint-Jean — Self2005
  • Trudeau — Self (archive footage)2002
  • John & Yoko's Year of Peace — Self2000
  • Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation — Self1999

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
13
Total plays
71

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Going deeper with convolutions

    · 2015 · cited 32,854x

  2. Classification of Surgical Complications

    · 2004 · cited 28,202x

  3. Array programming with NumPy

    · 2020 · cited 23,379x

  4. Outline of a Theory of Practice

    · 1977 · cited 19,090x

  5. Testing for a unit root in time series regression

    · 1988 · cited 12,647x

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Quotes

  • “I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.”
  • “Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.”
  • “People are more interested in ideas than dress.”
  • “What sets a canoeing expedition apart is that it purifies you more rapidly and inescapably than any other. Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.”
  • “I would have to point out in the strongest terms the autocracy of the Liberal structure and the cowardice of its members. I have never seen in all my examination of politics so degrading a spectacle as that of all these Liberals turning their coats in unison with their Chief, when they saw the chance to take power.”
  • “Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they so choose. Bilingualism is an imposition on the state and not the citizens.”

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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