Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Trudeau dominated the scene as no other prime minister did. He was the first prime mister of the “electronic age”. He advocated a strong and united Canada. According to one of his supporters “Trudeau came into politics to entrench minority right- and he did”. Who is Pierre Trudeau? Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 to a bilingual family. His mother was Scottish and his father was French Canadian. He came from …

…back of Queen Elizabeth. On September 28, 2000, he died of prostate cancer at age 80. He was one of the dominant figures in the 20th century Canada. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has his portraits displayed in the museum. The Canadian Museum of Canoe, located in Peterborough, Ontario, has Trudeau’s buckskin jacket and canoe on display. His burial site is considered to be a monumental site, which is in St.Remi de Napierville, Quebec.