Pierre Trudeau

**Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau**  (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the nineteenth Canadian Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and then again as the twenty-first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1984. Previously, in 1968, Trudeau stood for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, beating his main rival Robert Winters.

He is thought by many Canadian citizens today as having been the greatest Canadian Prime Minister ever. His son is the twenty-eighth and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

## As Prime Minister

He had many challenges during the 1970s, including the October Crisis, and in 1980 held the country together by defeating the referendum on Quebec sovereignty (the province of Quebec wanted to leave Canada and become its own country), and keeping Quebec a member of the Canadian state. Another popular event associated with Pierre Trudeau is Trudeaumania, which referred to how much he was liked by the Canadian people. As a relatively young man, he was very close to the youth of the time, as well as funny, and he appealed to everyone by being so understanding and just like a normal person. This kind of Prime Minister had never been seen before, and it made people feel like he was a good, friendly person.

## Retirement and death

Trudeau retired from being the Prime Minister in 1984, after he did not speak to the public very much. He died of prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease in Montreal on September 28, 2000. After he died, his son, Justin Trudeau, spoke at his funeral, which was shown all over the country. He said _je t'aime_ (French for "I love you") and cried on his father's coffin. After this moving eulogy (a speech at a funeral about the dead person), many Canadian people thought Justin would have a future in politics; Justin is the 23 Prime Minister of Canada, elected in 2015.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- **image**: Pierre Trudeau (1975).jpg
- **caption**: Trudeau in 1975
- **office**: 19th & 21st Prime Minister of Canada
- **term start2**: April 20, 1968
- **term end2**: June 4, 1979
- **monarch2**: Elizabeth II
- **deputy2**: Allan MacEachen <small>(1977–79)</small>
- **predecessor2**: Lester B. Pearson
- **successor2**: Joe Clark
- **term start**: March 3, 1980
- **term end**: June 30, 1984
- **monarch**: Elizabeth II
- **deputy**: Allan MacEachen
- **predecessor**: Joe Clark
- **successor**: John Turner
- **office3**: Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start3**: June 4, 1979
- **term end3**: March 3, 1980
- **primeminister3**: Joe Clark
- **predecessor3**: Joe Clark
- **successor3**: Joe Clark
- **office4**: Liberal Party of Canada, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
- **term start4**: April 6, 1968
- **term end4**: June 16, 1984
- **predecessor4**: Lester B. Pearson
- **successor4**: John Turner
- **birth place**: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **death place**: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **restingplace**: St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Rémi Cemetery, Saint-Rémi, Quebec, Saint-Rémi, Quebec
- **birth name**: Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
- **party**: Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal
- **children**: 4, including
- **education**: Law <small>(Doctor of Law, LL.B., 1943)</small>
Political economy <small>(M.A., 1945)</small>