Background
Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, The was born on October 18, 1919 in Montreal, Québec.
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The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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Collčge Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montreal (Bachelor of Arts, 1940). Université de Montréal (Licentiate of Laws, 1943). Harvard University (Master of Arts, 1946) Ecole des Sciences Politiques et Economiques de Paris and London School of Economics (1946-1948).
Career
Worked at Heenan Blaikie. Admitted to the bar, 1944, Quebec. 1967, Ontario.
Associate Professor of Constitutional and Public Law, Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law, 1961-1965.
Elected to the House of Commons of Canada, 1965.
Appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 1967. Prime Minister of Canada, 1968-1979 and 1980-1984.
Companion of Honour, 1984. Albert Einstein International Peace Prize, 1984.
Companion of the Order of Canada, 1985.
Honorary Doctorates of Law: University of Alberta, 1968. Queen"s University, 1968. Université d"Ottawa, 1974.
Duke University, 1974.
University of Keio, 1976. Saint Francis Xavier University (North.S.), 1982.
University of Notre Dame (Indiana), 1982. Dalhousie University, 1983.
McGill University, 1985.
The University of British Columbia, 1986. Université de Montréal, 1987. University of East Asia (Macao), 1987.
Mount Allison University, 1989.
University of Toronto, 1991. Honorary Dean of the faculté de droit de l"Université de Poitiers (France), 1975.
"Freeman" of the City of London, 1975. Berkeley Citation, University of California, 1977.
Achievements
Membership
Member: College of Business Administration.
