Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most controversial and longest serving prime ministers in Canadian history was born in Montreal, Quebec on October 18,1919. Although he was born in Montreal, young Trudeau was schooled throughout the ... for the leadership of the Liberal party. He was sworn in a prime minister on April 20, 1968 at the age of 49. Three days later, he dissolved parliament and called a general election, and capitalizing on his extraordinary popular appeal, labeled "Trudeaumania" by the media, he won a majority governement.3 Canada during the early ... and after eighteen months...

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... ever. Pierre had one of the more exciting lifestyles of our many prime ministers. Dating high profile women and driving fancy cars making him half Canadian celebrity half Canadian politician. His popularity to the public began a great phenomenon because "he did what no politician before or since has done: he touched the dreams of an entire generation of ... talks to defeat the referendum, and then used the referendum defeat to force the talks. From July 1867 to April 1982, the constitution of Canada remained an act of British Parliament. On April 17, 1982 Pierre Elliot Trudeau managed ...

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