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Margaret Trudeau, estranged wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, in London, circa 1978. Canadian activist Margaret Trudeau poses for a portrait with her camera in Paris, France, circa 1977.
Mar 17, 2016 · At 67, Margaret, dark-haired and trim in a sleek black dress, still emanates the beauty and ebullience that captured international attention when, in 1971, at the age of 22, she married Pierre...
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May 15, 2011 · Pierre Trudeau was a rock star of Canadian politics. In 1971, the hearts of many Canadian women shattered upon the announcement that Trudeau had married twenty-two-year-old ‘flower child’, Margaret Sinclair.
- Early Life and Family
- Marriage to Pierre Trudeau
- Media Attention
- Divorce and Deaths
- Mental Health Advocate
- We Charity Payments
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Margaret Joan Sinclair was born on 10 September 1948, in North Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the fourth of five daughters (Heather, Janet, Rosalind preceded her; Betsy followed). Her mother, Kathleen (née Bernard), was the daughter of Thomas Bernard, a railway clerk. Margaret’s father, James Sinclair, was a Scottish-born Rhodes scholar who m...
On 4 March 1971, Pierre Trudeau flew west from Ottawa in what was announced as a short skiing vacation. It was actually for a wedding attended only by a handful of members of both families. Margaret Sinclair, 22, married Trudeau, 51, in a ceremony performed by Reverend John Swinkels, a Roman Catholic priest. (Margaret converted to Catholicism befor...
Margaret Trudeau was commonly described as beautiful and high-spirited in media accounts. The writer June Callwood once described her as “a perfectly preserved flower child.” ( See also Hippies in Canada.) In 1974, Margaret said in a television interview that she had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment because of the “frightening” strains o...
Margaret returned to Ottawa in the early 1980s, living close to 24 Sussex so she could be more involved in raising her sons. She filed for divorce from Pierre in November 1983; it was finalized on 2 April 1984, one month after Pierre announced his retirement from politics. On 18 April 1984, Margaret married Ottawa real estatedeveloper Fried Kemper....
The dual loss of Michel and Pierre Trudeau sent Margaret into a mental breakdown. “I went into complete and utter madness,” she told the Globe and Mailin 2009. “I couldn’t leave my house to buy groceries.” Her marriage to Fried Kemper ended in divorce in 1999. In 2001, she sought treatment at the Royal Ottawa Hospital, where she finally received a ...
In 2020, it was revealed that Margaret Trudeau was one of several Trudeau family members to receive honoraria from the WE Charity (see Craig Kielburger). Margaret was paid more than $250,000 for speaking at 28 events. The payments became an issue after the federal government awarded a sole source contract to the charity. Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Margaret Trudeau wrote a titillating, first-person account of her marriage with Pierre Trudeau in Beyond Reason (1979). It was followed three years later by Consequences, in which she described her romantic relationships with such Hollywood stars as Ryan O’Neal and Jack Nicholson, as well as US senator Ted Kennedy. She followed the success of Chang...
Aug 3, 2023 · As an 18-year-old vacationing in Tahiti with her family, Margaret Sinclair met Pierre Trudeau, who was then Minister of Justice. Sinclair did not recognize him, and she, in fact, thought little of their encounter, but Trudeau was captivated by the carefree “flower child”, thirty years younger than he, and began to pursue her.
Apr 27, 2019 · April 27, 20198:41 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Scott Simon. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Margaret Trudeau, once in the limelight as a socialite and Canada's...
Oct 20, 2015 · Margaret, Justin and Pierre Trudeau in Toronto in 1974 Boris Spremo—Toronto StarG/etty Images. By Denver Nicks. October 20, 2015 4:49 PM EDT.
