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Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister PIERRE TRUDEAU PRIME MINISTER Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC .. Prime Ministers all : (l-r) Trudeau, future leaders John Turner and Jean Chrétien, and Trudeau's predecessor, Lester B. The Liberals won mostly on the strength of a solid performance in the eastern half of the country. His energetic campaign attracted massive media attention and mobilized many young people, who saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change. His father was a French-Canadian businessman, His mother was of Scottish ancestry, and although bilingual, spoke English at home. He defeated several prominent and long-serving Liberals including Paul Martin Sr. He immediately called an election. For information about the 28th Parliament, to , see 28th Canadian Parliament. Ignatieff resigned as party leader immediately after the election, and rumours again circulated that Trudeau could run to become his successor. Over a five-week period he attended many lectures and became a follower of personalism after being influenced most notably by Emmanuel Mounier. In this and other forums, Trudeau sought to rouse opposition to what he believed were reactionary and inward-looking elites. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! In his next election, in at the height of Trudeaumania , he received Trudeau, in an attempt to represent Western interests, offered to form a coalition government with Ed Broadbent's NDP, which had won 22 seats in the west, but was rebuffed by Broadbent out of fear the party would have no influence in a majority government. Trudeau criticized the Liberal Party of Lester Pearson when it supported arming Bomarc missiles in Canada with nuclear warheads. It's just the wrong thing to be doing. Interviewed in October , his nanny Dianne Lavergne was quoted, "Justin is a mommy's boy, so it's not easy, but children's hurts mend very quickly. Trudeau and his advisors, to contrast with the mild-mannered Clark, based their campaign on Trudeau's decisive personality and his grasp of the Constitution file, despite the general public's apparent wariness of both. The Liberals won of the seats, with On April 29, , he easily won the party's nomination, picking up votes to for Deros and for Giordano. Thanks for watching! In the wake of that victory, Trudeau pushed for an accord on a new Canadian constitution. They introduced Bill , much stronger French legislation than Bourassa's. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. Major positions in cabinet and in the Privy Council Office were given to francophones. Before this, all Canadians serving overseas were volunteers, and not conscripts. His lowest vote count, in the election, was His youngest son Michel died in an avalanche. Top Questions What is Pierre Trudeau known for? Trudeau was the first world leader to meet John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono on their "tour for world peace ". Bennett to attempt to finally patriate the Canadian constitution. In he was appointed to Pearson's cabinet as Minister of Justice. He called the election shortly afterwards and won a majority, defeating the Progressive Conservatives led by Robert L. Trudeau often played an ambiguous role with regard to the US, but during his last period in office he moved toward a more nationalist position in economic relations with the US, and began to criticize its foreign and defence policies more freely than in the past. This statement recognized that while Canada was a country of two official languages, it recognized a plurality of cultures — "a multicultural policy within a bilingual framework". A few months later, on 21 November, Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party. He became, as a flurry of academic research has put it, the first prime minister of the Instagram age. The couple has three children, Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien. Start your free trial today for unlimited access to Britannica. His government's National Energy Program , one of the major government interventions in the economy since the Second World War , further alienated the energy-producing regions in Western Canada. Trudeau was christened with his father's niece Anne Rouleau-Danis as godmother and his mother's brother-in-law Thomas Walker as godfather [34] [35] at Ottawa's Notre Dame Basilica on the afternoon of January 16, , which marked his first public appearance. Upon arrival in Ottawa, Trudeau was appointed as Prime Minister Lester Pearson's parliamentary secretary, and spent much of the next year travelling abroad, representing Canada at international meetings and bodies, including the United Nations. With the inclusion of entrenched minority language and education rights, and a charter of individual rights, Trudeau had fulfilled a goal he had set himself upon entering public life. Is Pierre Trudeau related to Justin Trudeau? In Canada, as in most other countries with a Westminster system , budget votes are indirectly considered to be votes of confidence in the government, and their failure automatically brings down the government..
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