Pierre Elliott TRUDEAU

TRUDEAU, The Right Hon. Pierre Elliott, P.C., C.C., C.H., Q.C., M.A., LL.L., LL.D., F.R.S.C.

Personal Data

Party
Liberal
Constituency
Mount Royal (Quebec)
Birth Date
October 18, 1919
Deceased Date
September 28, 2000
Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau
PARLINFO
http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=3e66b4c9-6dae-4083-8d96-5d3f94979e94&Language=E&Section=ALL
Profession
lawyer, professor of law, writer

Parliamentary Career

November 8, 1965 - April 23, 1968
LIB
  Mount Royal (Quebec)
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (January 7, 1966 - April 3, 1967)
  • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (April 4, 1967 - April 19, 1968)
  • President of the Privy Council (March 11, 1968 - April 19, 1968)
  • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
  • President of the Privy Council (April 20, 1968 - May 1, 1968)
  • Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
June 25, 1968 - September 1, 1972
LIB
  Mount Royal (Quebec)
  • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
  • Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
October 30, 1972 - May 9, 1974
LIB
  Mount Royal (Quebec)
  • Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
July 8, 1974 - March 26, 1979
LIB
  Mount Royal (Quebec)
  • Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
May 22, 1979 - December 14, 1979
LIB
  Mount Royal (Quebec)
  • Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
  • Leader of the Official Opposition (June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980)
February 18, 1980 - July 9, 1984
LIB
  Mount Royal (Quebec)
  • Leader of the Official Opposition (June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980)
  • Prime Minister (March 3, 1980 - June 29, 1984)

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June 29, 1984

Right Hon. P. E. Trudeau (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, 1 want to agree one hundred per cent with the final statement of the Hon. Member for Winnipeg North Centre. I sincerely hope that they will always be sitting there to the left of the Liberal Party, prodding the Liberal Government on to do more and more good things for Canadians.

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S RECORD ON SOCIAL MEASURES
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June 29, 1984

Mr. Trudeau:

You are sad over there, my friend.

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE
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June 29, 1984

Right Hon. P. E. Trudeau (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the emotion with which the Leader of the Opposition speaks. I respect that. He feels deeply indignant about what happened to the Japanese Canadians some 40 years ago. I share that indignation. I have expressed it on other occasions. It seems to me he is making much of a semantic difference between an apology and a regret. As for me I am always prepared, with some effort, to apologize for my actions.

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE
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June 29, 1984

Mr. Trudeau:

Yes, come on. Is it because there are no votes in Manitoba for his Party? Is it because there are no votes in all the other groups? Some of these other groups-

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE
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June 28, 1984

Mr. Trudeau:

It hurts over there to hear the truth.

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   INCOME TAX ACT
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