biography
| name: |
Trudeau, Pierre (Elliott)
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pronunciation:
[troodoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1919–2000)
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| biography:
| Canadian statesman and prime minister (1968–79, 1980–4), born in Montreal, Quebec, SE Canada. He studied at Montreal, Harvard, and London universities, became a lawyer, helped to found the political magazine Cité Libre (1950), and was professor of law at Montreal (1961–5). Elected an MP in 1965, he became minister of justice (1967), an outspoken critic of separatism for Quebec, and in 1968 succeeded Pearson as federal leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister. His term of office saw the October Crisis (1970) in Quebec, the introduction of the Official Languages Act, federalist victory during the Quebec Referendum (1980), and the introduction of Canada's constitution (1982). He resigned as leader of the Liberal Party and from public life in 1984. |
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