Margaret Sinclair

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via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau">wikipedia</a>:

"Margaret Joan Sinclair (born September 10, 1948), known by her married name Trudeau, is an author, actress, photographer, former television talk show hostess, and social advocate for people with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder" title="Bipolar disorder">bipolar disorder</a>; the former wife of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a>, 15th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a>; and the mother of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a>, Prime Minister-designate of Canada, and his brothers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Trudeau" title="Alexandre Trudeau">Alexandre Trudeau</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Trudeau" title="Michel Trudeau">Michel Trudeau</a>.

Early years and marriage

Margaret was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, the daughter of Doris Kathleen (née Bernard) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sinclair_%28politician%29" title="James Sinclair (politician)">James Sinclair</a>, a former Liberal

member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Fisheries_and_Oceans_%28Canada%29" title="Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)">Minister of Fisheries and Oceans</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-bookref1-1">[1]</a> One of her maternal ancestors was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> figure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farquhar" title="William Farquhar">William Farquhar</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-whodod-2">[2]</a> Her father was Scottish and her mother's ancestry included English, Scottish, Dutch, French, and a Malaysian five times great-grandmother.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-whodod-2">[2]</a> Trudeau attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University" title="Simon Fraser University">Simon Fraser University</a>, where she studied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literature" title="English literature">English literature</a>.

As an 18-year-old vacationing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>, she 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 "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_child" title="Flower child">flower child</a>", thirty years younger than he, and began to pursue her.

Trudeau was still a bachelor when appointed Prime Minister in 1968. After keeping their romance private, he astonished the country by marrying the 22-year-old Sinclair on March 4, 1971, at a private ceremony in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver" title="North Vancouver" class="mw-disambig">North Vancouver</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-3">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-3">3</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-3">]</a> This raised some eyebrows among Canadians because of the age difference (Trudeau was then 52), but it was considered typical behaviour for a vivacious Prime Minister who prided himself on his "progressive" views and youthful vigour. As Pierre Trudeau was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic" class="mw-redirect">Catholic</a>, she converted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholicism</a> for their marriage. Asked about her role in a marriage to the prime minister, Margaret Trudeau said, "I want to be more than a rose in my husband's lapel."

Mrs. Trudeau had difficulty adjusting to her new position. "From the day I became Mrs. Pierre Elliott Trudeau," she writes in her memoirs, "a glass panel was gently lowered into place around me, like a patient in a mental hospital who is no longer considered able to make decisions and who cannot be exposed to a harsh light."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The couple had three children: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin</a> (born December 25, 1971), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Trudeau" title="Alexandre Trudeau">Alexandre</a> (Sacha) (born December 25, 1973), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Trudeau" title="Michel Trudeau">Michel</a> (October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998).

Though the couple initially appeared to have a very close and loving relationship, the marriage soon began to fall apart. Margaret resented her husband's constant work-related absences and was forced to raise her three young sons largely by herself. Beyond the normal extensive publicity that her high-profile position brought, on a few instances she made her own headlines. Margaret smuggled drugs in the prime minister's luggage, made scantily clad appearances at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54" title="Studio 54">Studio 54</a>, and tore apart a tapestry in the prime minister's official residence in Ottawa because it celebrated "reason over passion".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-.2770s_115-5">[5]</a>

Over time, the marriage disintegrated to the point that, as recounted in her book, Margaret had an affair with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a>. She was also associated with members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stones" title="Rolling Stones" class="mw-redirect">Rolling Stones</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Wood" title="Ronnie Wood">Ronnie Wood</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-test-6">[6]</a> and (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards" title="Keith Richards">Keith Richards</a>'s autobiography, Life) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger" title="Mick Jagger">Mick Jagger</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

Suffering from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_%28medicine%29" title="Stress (medicine)" class="mw-redirect">stress</a> and bouts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder#Depressive_episodes" title="Bipolar disorder">bipolar depression</a>, she separated from her husband in 1977 and became a much-talked-about jet-setter.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-globeandmail2009-9">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-globeandmail2009-9">9</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau#cite_note-globeandmail2009-9">]</a> She gave many "tell-all" interviews to Canadian and American magazines and appeared in two motion pictures. Pierre Trudeau won custody of the children and did not pay any spousal support. Margaret had a difficult time earning a living after her marriage. She wrote the book Beyond Reason about her marriage.

On the eve of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1979" title="Canadian federal election, 1979">1979 election</a>, in which Trudeau's party lost the majority of seats in the House of Commons, Margaret was dancing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54" title="Studio 54">Studio 54</a> nightclub in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. A photo of her there was featured on many front pages across Canada.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]"

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via CBC archives:

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<li>Margaret Trudeau described her scandal with the Rolling Stones in her 1979 autobiography Beyond Reason. She claims she ran into Ron Wood in a hotel corridor and he invited her to take pictures of the band at the El Mocambo. She says that the following day she looked after Keith Richards' son Marlon when Keith overdosed in the hotel, and later had the band over to "drink, play dice, smoke a little hash."</li>

<li>Margaret went to New York the next day and says she never saw the band again.</li>

<li>The press suggested the event was more like a sex orgy. Margaret Trudeau says the incident branded her as a "promiscuous, irresponsible wife."</li>

<li>Margaret went on to become a professional photographer, writer, actress and television host.</li>

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source: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/maggie-trudeau-goes-clubbing-with-the-rolling-stones">http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/maggie-trudeau-goes-clubbing-with-the-rolling-stones</a>

[<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151023203819/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/maggie-trudeau-goes-clubbing-with-the-rolling-stones">archived</a>]

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excerpt via The Chatelaine Q&A: Margaret Trudeau

"[Q: ]You were the honorary president of the charity WaterAid — that seems like a bit of a gear shift.

[A: ]Water comes first! My passion for clean water came to me when I was Pierre’s wife, when I was part of an United Nations conference. I got my marching orders from great women — Barbara Ward and Margaret Mead. My working in water helped me more than anything else I did because it was consistent. Even through my terrible times after my son died, when I went just mad with grief, the community I had at WaterCan was my support outside of my family. Purpose is the one thing that will get you out of all your mental pain and anguish. When you’ve got a reason to get out there and work, everything falls into place."

source: <a href="http://www.chatelaine.com/living/the-chatelaine-qa-margaret-trudeau/">http://www.chatelaine.com/living/the-chatelaine-qa-margaret-trudeau/</a>

Margaret Sinclair

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