Joseph Pierre Trudeau Research Paper

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was born October 18, 1919, in Montreal to a very wealthy family son of a French businessman and a Scottish mother. He had died September 28, 2000, in Montreal in his home. He was known to have Parkinsons Disease but ultimately died from prostate cancer. He grew up speaking English and french. Trudeau had graduated from Jesuit College Jean-de-Brébeuf, Université de Montréal, Harvard and London School of Economics. Trudeau traveled quite a bit while he was young, traveling for a full year in 1949. Pierre served as the 15th Prime Minister for nearly 16 years from April 20, 1968, to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980, to June 30, 1984. He had a reputation for dating high-profile women. Pierre had …show more content…
Pierre’s wife at the time, Margaret Trudeau had cheated on her husband with a member of the Rolling Stones, US Senator Ted Kennedy and Mick Jagger. Trudeau divorced his wife and got custody of his kids, which he raised alone. Pierre Trudeau had four kids, Justin Trudeau, Alexandre Trudeau, Michel Trudeau and Sarah Elisabeth Coyne. Justin is now Canada’s Prime Minister, following in his father's footsteps. Alexandre Trudeau is a Canadian filmmaker, journalist, and author. Unfortunately, Michel Trudeau had died in 1998 in an avalanche. His only daughter Sarah Elizabeth Coyne, lives under the radar and is 25. Pierre Trudeau was a very controversial Prime Minister. Trudeau’s first major thing he had done as prime minister was pushed to create bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada. This impact still lasts to this day. Pierre