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Welcome to the Trudeau page.
By: Matthew Holland and Andrew Hanoun



In this presentation you will see and hopefully learn more about the life of Pierre Elliot Trudeau in both his career as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada and his life at home. While leading a very interesting life at home, he had lead a very successful one in office, overcoming many problems and transforming them into accomplishments. Such examples include creating a bridge of agreement between 10 of the 11 provinces on bringing back the constitution to Canada, something that many of the Prime Ministers in the past were incapable of doing. Pierre Trudeau's attitude toward the Queen and other members of Parliament was also a very distinctive and less formal one in comparison to previous Prime Ministers.

Pierre Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 and died on September 28, 2000. He was Prime MInister from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979 and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. He was a member of the liberal party for his whole life, after being invited to the party in 1965 by Lester Pearson. In 1967 he was appointed to Minister of Jusice in Pearson's cabinet, and in the 1968 election he was voted Leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada. Here, is where Pierre Truedau had made his mark in history, and had retained a unpresidented legacy.

As you will learn, Pierre Trudeau has led a very controversial and triumphant term, and a very animated personal life. Through real hardships such as the FLQ crisis to the glorious defeat of the referendum on Quebec sovereignty is what makes this Prime Minister one of the most memorable and successful MPs in office.

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