Pierre Trudeau

After a high-profile romantic relationship with Hollywood actress Barbra Streisand that lasted two years, he tied the nuptial knot with Margret Sinclair at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in North Vancouver. The couple was blessed with three children. However, incompatibility led them to separate from each other which finally ended up in divorce.

In 1984, he was romantically involved with Margot Kidder, a Canadian actress, during the last months of his Prime Ministership.

In 1991, he fathered a daughter from Deborah Coyne, named Sarah.

Pierre Trudeau was one of the three children born to Charles-Émile Trudeau and Grace Elliott. His father was a businessman and lawyer.

Raised in an affluent family, young Trudeau attended the prestigious Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. It was while at school that he faced emotional turmoil after his father’s death

Graduating from the Jesuit school, he enrolled at the University of Montreal, and received a degree in law in 1943. While at the university, he was drafted into the Canadian Army as a part of the National Resources mobilization Act.

Post World War II, he resumed his studies, acquiring a master’s degree in political economy from Harvard University's Graduate School of Public Administration and later on enrolling in Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris in 1947 in France.

Away from the Jesuit influence, his voyages to distinct parts of United States, France, England and other countries exposed him to study about French philosophers. It also highlighted his knowledge deficiency and low level of legal training.

In 1949, he briefly started working as an economic policy advisorat the Privy Council Office of the Liberal Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. It was also during this time that he remained an active supporter of workers in the Asbestos Strike.

From beginning of the 1950s, he became a leading figure in the opposition to the repressive rule of Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis as the founder and editor of Cité Libre.

Though his line of beliefs and values were attuned with Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, he entered politics as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada instead of CCF’s successor, New Democratic Party.

In 1961, he took up the profile of an associate professorship of law at the University of Montreal. During this time, his views evolved as he largely opposed Quebec Nationalism. He also rejected social democratic and labour parties and instead appealed them to joined forces with Liberal party to raise voice for democracy.

In 1965, he along with two other colleagues was invited to run for part seats. He was successfully elected to the safe Liberal riding of Mount Royal, a seat he held until 1984.

He was styled "The Right Honourable" for life on being appointment as Prime Minister. He was made Companion of Honour and later Companion of the Order of Canada.

In 1983-84, he won the Albert Einstein Peace Prize award. Furthermore, he was selected as the ‘Newsmaker of the Year’ for a record ten times by the Canadian news agency.

He was the proud recipient of honorary degrees from various universities including, University of Montreal, University of Notre Dame, Queen’s University, Duke University, University of Ottawa, University of Macau and so on.

Several schools, colleges, squares, airports, peaks and so on have been named after him

In 2009, he was inducted into the Q Hall of Fame Canada