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'''Pierre Trudeau''' was the 15th [[Canada|Canadian]] [[prime minister]], and a towering figure in Canadian politics even to this day.  Trudeau, a Liberal, is best known for [[repatriation|repatriating]] the Canadian [[constitution]], for his anti-American foreign policy, his failed efforts to seize Alberta's oil, and his aggressive defeat of terrorism by the War Measures Act during [[Québec]]'s October Crisis in 1970.

'''Pierre Elliot Trudeau''' (1919-1980) was the 15th [[Canada|Canadian]] [[prime minister]], and a towering figure in Canadian politics even to this day.  Trudeau, a Liberal, is best known for [[repatriation|repatriating]] the Canadian [[constitution]], for his anti-American foreign policy, his failed efforts to seize Alberta's oil, and his aggressive defeat of terrorism by the War Measures Act during [[Québec]]'s October Crisis in 1970.

==Career==

==Career==

Trudeau was born October 18, 1919, the son of a wealthy businessman  Charles-Emile Trudeau and Grace Elliot.  Educated in Jesuit schools, he was a devout Catholic all his life. He attended the University of Montreal, [[Harvard University]], Université de Paris and the London School of Economics.  He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1965.  Almost immediately the young and charismatic Trudeau was seen as a [[Liberal_Party_of_Canada|Liberal Party]] star and he was made Justice Minister in 1967.  The following year in what was dubbed "Trudeaumania", he was elected to be leader of the Liberal Party, and thus the Canadian Prime Minister, taking office on April 19 1968.  Being the first Canadian Prime Minister born in the 20th century he was flamboyant and controversial but was also an intellectual.  Trudeau and the Liberals would win another majority government, and landslide in 1968 a vindication for the young leader.

Trudeau was born October 18, 1919, the son of a wealthy businessman  Charles-Emile Trudeau and Grace Elliot.  Educated in Jesuit schools, he was a devout Catholic all his life. He attended the University of Montreal, [[Harvard University]], Université de Paris and the London School of Economics.  He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1965.  Almost immediately the young and charismatic Trudeau was seen as a [[Liberal_Party_of_Canada|Liberal Party]] star and he was made Justice Minister in 1967.  The following year in what was dubbed "Trudeaumania", he was elected to be leader of the Liberal Party, and thus the Canadian Prime Minister, taking office on April 19 1968.  Being the first Canadian Prime Minister born in the 20th century he was flamboyant and controversial but was also an intellectual.  Trudeau and the Liberals would win another majority government, and landslide in 1968 a vindication for the young leader.