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  Pierre Trudeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership, and ran an energetic campaign that mobilized and inspired many youths who had been influenced by the 1960s counterculture, and who saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change.
Trudeau announced his intention to resign as Liberal Party leader; however, before a leadership convention could be held, Clark's government was defeated in the Canadian House of Commons by a Motion of Non-Confidence.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau died on September 28, 2000, and is buried in the Trudeau family crypt, St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Remi, Quebec.
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 Pierre Trudeau
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Pierre Trudeau was a flamboyant and charismatic intellectual.
Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership and ran an energetic campaign that mobilized and inspired many youths who had been influenced by the 1960s counterculture and saw Trudeau as a signfier of generational change.
Trudeau's final term in office was signficant for the defeat of the first Quebec referendum on independence (called by Parti Québécois premier René Lévesque) and Trudeau's successful attempts to repatriate the Canadian constitution and add a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is his most enduring legacy.
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 Pierre Trudeau - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Trudeau had been sympathetic to Marxist ideas in the 1940s, and in the 1950s and early 1960s was a supporter of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership and ran an energetic campaign that mobilized and inspired many youths who had been influenced by the 1960s counterculture and saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change.
Trudeau announced his intention to resign as Liberal Party leader; however, before a leadership convention could be held Clark's government was defeated in the Canadian House of Commons by a Motion of No Confidence and the party persuaded Trudeau to stay on as leader and fight the election.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /pierre_trudeau.htm   (2928 words)

  
 Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at Montréal 18 Oct 1919; d at Montréal 28 Sept 2000).
Trudeau was born into a wealthy family, the son of a successful French Canadian businessman and a mother of Scottish ancestry.
Trudeau was persuaded by the Liberal caucus to remain as leader, and on 8 February 1980 - less than 3 months after his retirement - he was returned once again as prime minister with a parliamentary majority, thus accomplishing a remarkable resurrection.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0008141   (1506 words)

  
 The Canadian Encyclopedia
Pierre Trudeau’s death on September 28, 2000, brought about a spontaneous outpouring of national pride and mourning perhaps unprecedented for any political leader in our history.
Trudeau tried to keep his promise to end Canada's colonial status by “patriating” the Constitution but his plans fell afoul of the premiers each time.
While Trudeau was a tireless opponent of nationalism and collective rights, the last decades have been marked by a rise in aboriginal, Québec, and regional nationalisms.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&TCE_Version=A&FeatureId=5   (876 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A lawyer and law professor known for championing liberal causes, Trudeau was elected (1965) to the House of Commons as a Liberal and became (1967) concurrently minister of justice and attorney general in Lester Pearson's government.
Trudeau succeeded Pearson as Liberal party leader and prime minister in 1968.
Trudeau retired that same year, having played a pivotal role in the political development of Canada in the 20th cent.
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Pierre Philippe Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 - September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth prime minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 3, 1979 and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Pierre Trudeau was a flamboyant, charismatic, controversial intellectual.
Trudeau's policies were considered to be biased toward Ontario and Quebec, and left out Alberta and British Columbia.
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 Grant Schuyler's essay "Pierre Elliott Trudeau"
Trudeau, a Liberal, was a figure so extraordinary among Canadians -- a reserved lot, as the peoples of the earth go -- whether they liked him or not, and many came to detest him -- that he dominated Canadian political life for 15 years.
Trudeau was like a lion gone reluctantly into a cave: from time to time he returned to the center of the nation, and roared his opinion on current issues, especially involving his beloved federalism.
Trudeau was one of the few Canadians, certainly of his time, who had a clear unshakeable vision of the country as a whole.
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 Pierre Elliott Trudeau biography
Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born in Montreal, Quebec on October 18, 1919.
Pierre Trudeau would have been proud of his eldest son, who left the podium and broke into tears, his head laid against his father’s coffin.
Pierre Trudeau, the man who fought for unity within the borders of Canada, for peace with every country in the world and for the rights and freedom of all.
ks.essortment.com /pierreelliottt_rddu.htm   (1216 words)

  
 Pierre E. Trudeau: Quebec and the Canadian Constitution - Readings - Quebec History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born on October 18, 1919, Pierre Trudeau was the first Prime Minister of Canada from the XXth century; he was to reflect a new and modern Canada with which the electors were to relate easily.
In Trudeau’s views, there was also a sense that the federal government should not transfer powers to the provinces, and especially to Quebec, as the province did not show sufficient ability in managing properly the powers it already had and could only make a mess of things in the end.
Trudeau relished this position and derived a lot of support outside of Quebec for his willingness to face-up to the nationalists/separatists in Quebec.
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/readings/trudeau.htm   (1608 words)

  
 Historcal Biography: Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 to a bilingual family.
The repatriation of the Constitution is perhaps the crowning achievement of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a man of unique style and intellect, who dedicated more than a decade to the political life of his country.
On the 28th of September, Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies of prostate cancer at the age of 80.
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 Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister
Trudeau came from a wealthy family; his father was Quebecois and his mother was of Scottish descent.
Trudeau successfully enforced the War Measurements Act as a means to combat the FLQ.
Pierre Trudeau remained an effective and respected voice even after he had resigned from politics.
www.canada-heros.com /trudeau_pierre.html   (226 words)

  
 Pierre Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Trudeau's given names thus captured the bilingual, bicultural personality of Canada, the federalism the man dedicated his political life to preserving and enhancing.
Trudeau and two friends, Jean Marchand and Gerard Pelletier, were invited to run in the federal election that year.
Trudeau could have been the model for what McLuhan meant when he coined the phrase "the medium is the message." It wasn't what the man said, but how he said it — style over substance.
www.canadahistory.com /sections/politics/Pierre_Trudeau.htm   (1218 words)

  
 Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1919-2000
Pierre Trudeau was born in Montreal Quebec on October 18th, 1919.
Trudeau was much against Francophones treated as second class citizens in Canada and was joined by many intellectuals in his fight for Francophone equality.
In February 1984, Pierre Elliott Trudeau resigned from politics and was replaced by John Turner.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/49218   (861 words)

  
 The Globe and Mail: Series
Trudeau's body is “like that of a 25-year-old.” She also discusses their fondness for garter belts and the effect her nipples have on state visitors.
Trudeau goes on national television to announce that $2-billion will be cut from Government spending and that, because he is “fed up” with the mail service, he is turning the Post Office into a Crown corporation.
Trudeau announces that one of his former ministers, Jeanne Sauve, is to be the next Speaker of the House of Commons - the first woman ever to hold the job.
www.globeandmail.com /series/trudeau/trudeau01.html   (3420 words)

  
 uni.ca - Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Trudeau is behaving like the pharaohs of ancient Egypt who, when they were dissatisfied with history, erased and caused to disappear from their kingdom any disagreeable inscription, mention or reminder.
Trudeau has even acknowledged that his 1981 operation was designed as an offensive that would not have to respect the democratic rules.
Trudeau's remarks in 1980 on the divisibility of Quebec, Mr.
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 Trudeau, Pierre Elliott on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A lawyer and law professor known for championing liberal causes, Trudeau was elected (1965) to the House of Commons as a Liberal and became (1967) concurrently minister of justice and attorney general in Lester Pearson 's government.
Citizen Trudeau: Pierre Trudeau's vision of a pluralistic society of free men and women became the Canadian state's core value.
The Government of Canada Renames Montreal's Dorval Airport in Honour of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/trudeaup1.asp   (593 words)

  
 The Pierre Trudeau Home Page, Former Prime Minister of Canada. 1919-2000
As a former Canadian prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was a flamboyant and charismatic political giant who led the country through some of the most tumultuous events and passionate politics in the history of Canada.
Pierre Trudeau's status as a political giant in Canadian history is indisputable.
Trudeau's final term in office was significant for the federalist victory in the first Quebec referendum on independence (called by Parti Québécois premier René Lévesque) and Trudeau's successful attempts to patriate the Canadian constitution and add a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, his most enduring legacy.
www.clevernet.net /pierre_trudeau   (485 words)

  
 Pierre Elliott Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Trudeau didn't go to Vietnam because he saw that the war was bullshit, Cretien didn't go to Iraq because he hated Bush.
He took out a protester who got in his face, he was ready to take out a burgler himself, he liberalized a lot of social issues, he was funny, a little bit charismatic, and wasn't afraid to speak his mind (which often contained stupid thoughts).
But Trudeau is gone, and I think it's a shame that his Canada is dissappearing as well.
www.capybara.org /~hylaride/trudeau.html   (1050 words)

  
 Pierre Elliott Trudeau - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Pierre Trudeau was flamboyant, charismatic, controversial, and an intellect.
In the 1979 election Trudeau lost the Prime Ministership to Conservative Leader Joe Clark.
A few months later Clark suffered a humiliating vote of no confidence[?] and Trudeau easily defeated him in the next election.
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 CBC News - Commons to pay tribute to Pierre Elliott Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Trudeau, who touched the lives of a generation of Canadians in countless ways, is dead at the age of 80.
"Pierre Trudeau dreamed of a society that afforded all of its citizens an equal opportunity to succeed in life, whatever their backgrounds or beliefs, whether rich or poor," Chretien said in a statement before leaving Jamaica.
Trudeau led the Liberals from 1968 to 1984, serving as prime minister from 1968 to 1979, and from 1980 to 1984.
cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/09/28/trudeau000928   (972 words)

  
 Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Reason Before Passion (Preview)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pierre Trudeau is one of the most fascinating figures to emerge from Canada in the twentieth century.
This book plots the course of Trudeau's remarkable life: a lively narrative follows the youthful Trudeau from a privileged upbringing in Montreal.
It describes his education in the virtues of liberty, charts his vagabond travels through the "hot spots" of the postwar world, examines his bristling journalism, and explains the appeal of the ideas that ultimately drove the future prime minister into the public arena -- and kept him there, gripped in battle, for nearly two decades.
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 Justin Trudeau's Eulogy given for his father Pierre Elliot, former prime minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau's eulogy given at the funeral for his father Pierre Elliot Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada.
Trudeau died on September 28, 2000, and is buried in the Trudeau family crypt, St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Remi, Quebec.
He is survived by his ex-wife Margaret, his sons Justin Trudeau and Alexandre "Sacha" Trudeau, and his daughter, Sarah, whom he fathered with Deborah Coyne.
www.clevernet.net /pierre_trudeau/justin_trudeau_eulogy.html   (1295 words)

  
 CBC News: Justin Trudeau weds
Trudeau, 33, and Grégoire, 30, walked down the aisle Saturday afternoon in Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont, a Romanesque-style stone church noted for its beautiful stained glass.
Trudeau wore a light-coloured suit, while Grégoire wore an ecru dress with lace motifs and a long veil trimmed in the same lace that billowed behind her as she stepped slowly down the stairs.
The couple drove away in Pierre Trudeau's 1960 Mercedes Benz 300 SL roadster, which was shipped from a B.C. auto restorer to Montreal.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/05/28/trudeau-nuptials050528.html   (584 words)

  
 Pierre Elliott Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With these words, newly elected Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau gave Canadians a glimpse of the political soul of the man who would shape the policies of the Government of Canada for the next two decades.
Love him or hate him, Pierre Trudeau was unquestionably the strongest Canadian political persona of the past half century.
Passionate but cerebral, reserved but visceral, private yet theatrical, Trudeau's personality was an enigma, which garnered more attention than his policies, both in his homeland and internationally.
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