1. Pierre Trudeau
... University, École des Sciences Politiques in Paris, and the London School of Economics. After completing his studies and enjoying an extended trip around the world in the late 1940s, Trudeau returned to his native country to find the authoritarian regime of his childhood "Quebec was then led by Maurice Duplessis and the ecclesiastical establishment "still in power, much to his disappointment. ... divorce, abortion, and homosexuality. When Pearson resigned in 1968, Trudeau beat out 19 other Liberal opponents to win the post of party leader and Prime Minister. Just three days after his i...
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