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Pepin was a political science professor at the University of Ottawa when he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1963 Canadian election as a Liberal MP from Quebec. From 1965 until 1972 he served in the cabinets of Lester Pearson and Pierre TrudeauJoseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( October 18, 1919— September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968, to June 3, 1979, and from March 3, 1980, to June 30, 1984. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Pierre Trudeau was a f in various capacities including Minister of MInes and Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce overseeing the decision to have Canada adopt the metric system. He lost his seatSeat can refer to: A place to sit, particularly the area you sit on, rather than other elements, like armrests. See chair. The seat in a parliament. A " chair" or "seat" is also a seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as the chairperson of a committ in the 1972 Canadian election and returned to public life until 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i when Trudeau appointed him to chair the Anti-Inflation Board. In 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar he and former Premier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Ontario is Dalton McGuinty. See also Prime Minister of Canada Premier (Canad John Robarts were appointed to head the Task Force on Canadian Unity which had been created by the federal government as a response to the election of the Parti Quebecois in the 1976 provincial election. The task force issued a report in 1979 which recommended against entrenching language rights in the Canadian Constitution and for the reduction of federal powers in all areas but economic management. The Task Force also recommended the replacement of the Canadian Senate with a "Council fo the Federation" whose members would be appointed by provincial governments and to grant the provinces a say in appointements to the Supreme Court of Canada. Most of these recommendations were rejected by the federal government and did not make their way into the new Constitution which was enacted in 1982.

After a seven year absence, Pepin returned to the House of Commons in the 1979 Canadian election and, once the Liberals returned to power in 1980, became Minister of Transport until 1983 and then as a Minister of State to the Department of External Affairs and Minister responsible for La Francophonie. Following heart surgery, he retired from politics in 1984 and returned to academia as a fellow a the University of Ottawa's Institute on Public Policy.