Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the nineteenth Canadian Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and then again as the twenty-first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1984. Previously, in 1968, Trudeau stood for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, beating his main rival Robert Winters.

The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC
Trudeau in 1975
19th & 21st Prime Minister of Canada
In office March 3, 1980 – June 30, 1984
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé
Deputy	Allan MacEachen
Preceded by	Joe Clark
Succeeded by	John Turner
In office April 20, 1968 – June 4, 1979
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Roland Michener Jules Léger Edward Schreyer
Deputy	Allan MacEachen (1977–79)
Preceded by	Lester B. Pearson
Succeeded by	Joe Clark
Leader of the Opposition
In office June 4, 1979 – March 3, 1980
Prime Minister	Joe Clark
Preceded by	Joe Clark
Succeeded by	Joe Clark
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
In office April 6, 1968 – June 16, 1984
Preceded by	Lester B. Pearson
Succeeded by	John Turner
Personal details
Born	Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (1919-10-18)October 18, 1919 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	September 28, 2000(2000-09-28) (aged 80) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting place	Saint-Rémi Cemetery, Saint-Rémi, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Margaret Sinclair ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1984)​
Children	4, including Justin Alexandre Michel
Parents	Charles-Émile Trudeau (father) Grace Elliott (mother)
Education	Law (LL.B., 1943) Political economy (M.A., 1945)
Alma mater	Université de Montréal Harvard University Sciences Po London School of Economics
Occupation	Lawyer jurist academic author journalist politician

He is thought by many Canadian citizens today as having been the greatest Canadian Prime Minister ever. His son is the twenty-eighth and current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

As Prime Minister

He had many challenges during the 1970s, including the October Crisis, and in 1980 held the country together by defeating the referendum on Quebec sovereignty (the province of Quebec wanted to leave Canada and become its own country), and keeping Quebec a member of the Canadian state. Another popular event associated with Pierre Trudeau is Trudeaumania, which referred to how much he was liked by the Canadian people. As a relatively young man, he was very close to the youth of the time, as well as funny, and he appealed to everyone by being so understanding and just like a normal person. This kind of Prime Minister had never been seen before, and it made people feel like he was a good, friendly person.

Retirement and death

See the main article: Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau

Trudeau retired from being the Prime Minister in 1984, after which he did not speak to the public very much. He died of prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease in Montreal on September 28, 2000. After he died, his son, Justin Trudeau, spoke at his funeral, which was shown all over the country. He said je t'aime (French for "I love you") and cried on his father's coffin. After this moving eulogy (a speech at a funeral about the dead person), many Canadian people thought Justin would have a future in politics; Justin is the 23 Prime Minister of Canada, elected in 2015.