Trivia

Prime Minister of Canada 1968-1979 and 1980-1984

Daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, with Deborah Coyne, born. (1991)

Companion of Liona Boyd for 8 years

Over 70,000 people visited Trudeau's body during the three days that it lay in state after his death. His funeral was attended by many ex-Prime Ministers, ex-Presidents, foreign dignitaries, and his personal friend, Fidel Castro.

His youngest son, Michel, died in an avalanche in British Columbia, Canada, in November 1998, at the age of 23.

Major political achievements include loosening the federal laws against divorce and homosexuality, resolving the most serious terrorist incident in Canadian history by invoking temporary martial law in the October crisis in 1970, defeating the first referendum to decide if the province of Quebec would secede from Canada, bringing the federal constitution under Canadian control from Britain and the entrenchment of a Charter of Rights and Freedoms into that Constitution.

Always appeared in public wearing a red rose in his lapel.

His first name was actually Joseph and he had five middle names. Professionally he went by his third (Pierre) and fifth (Elliott) names.

Introduced the catchphrase "fuddle duddle" to Canada when he was overheard swearing in the House of Commons but claimed he had just said "fuddle duddle."

The most flamboyant politician in Canadian history, Trudeau was applauded by some and condemned by others for his behavior both in and out of office.

Trudeau was black-listed for several years during the 1950s and denied entry to the United States because of his visits to communist China and an international economics conference in the Soviet Union.

Three sons, Justin Trudeau, Alexandre Trudeau, and Michel, with Margaret Trudeau.

Was an admirer of Chinese leader Zedong Mao.

In 1978 his government passed liberalized tax-shelter laws which created a then-unprecedented deluge of Canadian film production(from 1979-1981, approximately 130 feature films were produced, with only about half receiving distribution).

Fidel Castro, Cuban dictator, came to Canada for Trudeau's funeral, the first time he had been out of Cuba in over a decade.

Interred at family mausoleum in St-Remi-de-Napierville, south of Montreal

His pallbearers included Jimmy Carter, Leonard Cohen and Fidel Castro.