Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Going Against the Grain

 He slid down banisters…
As Trudeau was
leaving the Ottawa’s
Chateau Laurier a
photographer named
Ted Grant turned
around to see
Trudeau sliding down
the stair banister.
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anister/
He married
a woman
much
younger
than him…
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In 1967 Pierre Trudeau met his future wife Margaret Sinclair

while vacationing in Tahiti. Despite the 28 year age gap
between the two they became very close, most likely due to
their political backgrounds. Margaret was the daughter of
former Liberal Member of Parliament James Sinclair. The two
married in a private ceremony in 1971, but after 3 children,
and thirteen years of marriage they divorced in 1984.
He
danced
behind
the
Queen…

http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/trudeaus-pirouette/

Buckingham Palace May 7, 1977 one of his most

controversial moments is when a photographer named
Doug Ball caught Trudeau doing a pirouette behind the
unsuspecting Queen Elizabeth. Despite this Trudeau
obtained a strong relationship with Great Britain.
He dated famous
people…

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Trudeau dated celebrities such as Barbra

Streisand, Margot Kidder, Kim Cattrall and
Liona Boyd.
He met a
Beatle…

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Trudeau met John Lennon and Yoko Ono

in 1969. John Lennon said, “If all
politicians were like Mr. Trudeau there
would be world peace.”
He believed in world peace…

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 He attended football games…

Trudeau at the
1970 Grey Cup
game in Toronto,
wearing a beige
jacket, plaid pants,
a cape, a hat, and
his signature rose.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2008/11/19/greycup-memorable-moments.html
He dropped the puck at a hockey
game…

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Pierre Trudeau dropped the puck at a

1972 Montreal Canadian hockey game.
He drove a convertible…

Pierre Trudeau drove a 1957 Mercedes-

Benz 300SL Roadster.
 He was never too serious…

Pierre playing
frisbee.

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Pierre Trudeau attended a Liberal Party Pierre dancing.

picnic on September 8, 1974.
He visited Communist countries…

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On January 26, 1976 Pierre Trudeau became the first

NATO leader to visit Cuba after the 1960 American
Economic embargo. The trip was very controversial at the
time because Cuba had just sent its troops into Angola.
Trudeau became good friends with the Cuban Communist
leader Fidel Castro. Despite the strong trading
relationship with the United States, Trudeau risked U.S
anger and reached out to the Cubans.
He supposedly swore in Parliament…

Pierre Trudeau was famous

for the term “fuddle duddle”
“The prime minister
interrupted me... by mouthing
a four letter obscenity," says
Conservative MP John
Lundrigan.

According to Urban Dictionary…

Fuddle duddle: A euphemism for "f*** you"
originated by Canadian prime minister Pierre
Trudeau.
 He went against all norms and
created what we call…

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 TRUDEAUMANIA!
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines
Trudeaumania as "widespread popularity and
fascination with ... Trudeau among the
Canadian public, especially during the
election campaign of 1968." The term, named
after Beatlemania, compares fitful Beatles
fans to Trudeau's admirers.

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