Joseph Charles-Émile Trudeau July 5, 1887 - April 10, 1935 was a successful French Canadian entrepreneur and father of Pierre Trudeau, who would later become Prime Minister of Canada. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ... Trudeau redirects here. ... The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the head of the Government of Canada. ...

He was the son of Louis Trudeau Jr. and Malvina Cardinal. Trudeau built a fortune by building a number of gas stations around the Montreal area. Montréal (pronounced is the second largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. ...

Among his investments, Charles Trudeau had interests in mining companies and was a shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Royals baseball team. [1] He also had a financial interest in Montreal's Belmont Park.[[2]] In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ... Statue at Montreals Olympic Stadium of the Royals most famous player, Jackie Robinson. ... Belmont Park (French: Parc Belmont) was an amusement park that operated between 1923 and 1983 in the Montreal neighborhood of Cartierville in Quebec, Canada. ...

He died of a pneumonia-induced heart attack while vacationing in Florida in 1935, leaving his wife Grace Elliot Trudeau to care for their two sons and daughter. Due to Charles Trudeau's business, Pierre Trudeau himself was wealthy. Charles Trudeau also served as a more personal inspiration to the Prime Minister. As Jim Coutts, Pierre Trudeau's aide, recalled, Pierre Trudeau "talked, at times, of his father, whom he greatly admired, but who was too busy to understand his son's interests or spend much time with him."^[1] James (Jim) Allan Coutts (born 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and former advisor to two Prime Ministers. ...

References

1. ^ Jim Coutts, "Trudeau in Power: A View from Inside the Prime Minister's Office," in Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, eds. Andrew Cohen and JL Granatstein, Vintage Canada, 1999, page 146.