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Pierre trudeau was born in montreal to Charles-Emile Trudeau and Grace Elliot he had an older sister named suzette and a younger brother named charles jr
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The Privy Council Office is located in Ottawa Ontario. Their main focuses are advising the prime minister and providing leadership and support to the departments and agencies of the government trudeau worked here as and advisor from 1950 to 1951
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Pierre Trudeau heading the Liberal party is elected as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada
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The October Crisis of 1970 was undisputidly the most dramatic event that happened during pierre trudeau's time in office it started when James Cross and Pierre Laporte were kidnapped by the terrorist organisation :Front du Liberation De Quebec this led to Trudeau invoking the War Measures Act and deploying the military in quebec. the war measures act gave the police and military extreme powers of arrest and censorship.
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A few months after his defeat Trudeau announces that he intends to resign as liberal leader and return to public life.
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Three weeks after Trudeau's statement Joe Clark is defeated in the Commons and a new general election is called
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Trudeau was pursuaded by the liberals to remain as leader and on febuary 8 1980 he was returned as prime minister again with a parlimentary majority
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June 30th 1984 pierre trudeau steps down from office having served one of the longest terms ever in the history of prime ministers of Canada
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Pierre Trudeau died september 28th 2000 he was afflicted with parkinsons disease and prostate cancer.
