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Canadian Prime Minister: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister: Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Civic Study Grace Chen. Early years. University of Montreal Harvard University Businessman and lawyer Minister of Justice 1967-1968 decriminalization of homosexual acts legalization of contraception, abortion, and lotteries.

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Canadian Prime Minister: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

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  1. Canadian Prime Minister:Pierre Elliott Trudeau Civic Study Grace Chen

  2. Early years • University of Montreal • Harvard University • Businessman and lawyer • Minister of Justice • 1967-1968 • decriminalization of homosexual acts • legalization of contraception, abortion, and lotteries

  3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s rise to power • Prime Minister Pearson step down in 1967 • Trudeau race for the Liberal leadership • Energetic campaign • Generational change Lester B. Pearson Pierre Elliott Trudeau John Turner

  4. Pierre Elliott Trudeau became prime minister in Canada(1980-1984) • 15th PM in 1968 • Announced resignation in 1979 • Progressive Conservative, Joe Clark • Trudeau was recalled and became PM once again in 1980. Welcome to the 1980’s

  5. Accomplishments as PM • Quebec referendum • Called by Quebec’s Parti Quebecois (PQ) • First referendum in Quebec • PQ government was defeated • Partition of Canadian Constitution • Charter of Rights and Freedom • Bill of Right • Successful in 1982

  6. Final years • No longer fame • Retired in 1984 • Speeches • Memoirs • Died in 2000 by cancer

  7. Thank you for listening Works Cited: “Memoirs.” Amazon.com. 2009 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0771085877/cleverjsmusicias/ref=nosim “Pierre Elliott Trudeau.” The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics, Collections Canada. January 29, 2002 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3375-e.html “Pierre Trudeau.” Canada History. 2008 http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/Politics/pm/pierretrudeau.htm “Pierre Trudeau 2.” Fact-index. http://www.fact-index.com/p/pi/pierre_trudeau.html “Quebec Referendum.” Encyclopedia, The CANADIAN, Historica-Dominion. 2009 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006601 Sauerwein, Stan. Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Canada: Altitude Publishing, May 18, 2004 “Senate Reform in Canada.” Maple Leaf Web. http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/senate-reform-canada “The Right Honorable” Canadian Websites. July 19, 1998 http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/trudeau.htm “Top Ten Greatest Canadians.” Pierre Elliott Trudeau, CBC. 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/trudeau-pierre.html Vastel, Michel. The outsider: The life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Canada: Macmillan of Canada, 1990

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