Pierre Trudeau

Lawyer, statesman, and 15th Prime Minister of Canada (1919-2000)

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About

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born in Montreal in 1919. After studying law and political science, he co-founded the journal Cité libre and taught law. Elected as an MP in 1965, he became Minister of Justice and then Prime Minister in 1968. During his terms, he patriated the Canadian Constitution and adopted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, made English and French the official languages, and led the No side in the 1980 Quebec referendum. He died in Montreal in 2000.

* 1919-10-18 — † 2000-09-28

Major works

Cité libre (1950)political journal

Key milestones

1968Becomes Prime Minister of Canada for the first time.
1982Patriates the Canadian Constitution and adopts the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
1980Leads the No side in the 1980 Quebec sovereignty-association referendum.

Themes

Canadian federalismRights and freedomsOfficial bilingualismNational unityConstitutionalism

Sources: epe.lac-bac.gc.ca · lop.parl.ca · id.loc.gov

“The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.”

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“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”

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“Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them.”

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