Pierre Trudeau
"Just watch me..."
"Just watch me..."
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84. Trudeau was the son of a successful French Canadian businessman and a mother of Scottish ancestry. Educated at the Jesuit Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Université de Montréal, Harvard and London School of Economics, he travelled extensively in his youth.
Pierre Trudeau / October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984.Pierre Elliott Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals, but he eventually joined the Liberal Party of Canada when he entered federal politics in the 1960s. Pierre Trudeau was appointed as Lester Pearson’s Parliamentary Secretary, and later became his Minister of Justice. From his base in Montreal, Pierre Trudeau took control of the Liberal Party and became a charismatic leader, inspiring “Trudeaumania”. From the late 1960s until the mid-1980s, he dominated the Canadian political scene and aroused passionate reactions. “Reason before passion” was his personal motto. He retired from politics in 1984, and John Turner succeeded him as Prime Minister.
Justin Trudeau & Todd Claydon in Montreal 2004
“Meeting with Justin Trudeau was quite the experience. If ever there was a true royal family in Canada it was the Trudeau’s. I was pleasantly surprised spending some unplanned time with Justin and being there to get his first true impression of my work on his fathers portrait. It was very touching.”
