Editing Alexandre Trudeau (section)

==Early life and education==
Alexandre Trudeau is the younger one of the two Christmas babies of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau, exactly two years younger than Justin Trudeau. The family was attending the 1973 Christmas [[midnight mass]] at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church when Margaret Trudeau went into labour and was rushed to [[The Ottawa Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Son Born To Trudeaus|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CLMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=erMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3332%2C2528467| newspaper=[[The Beaver County Times]]| agency=[[United Press International|UPI]]| date=December 28, 1973| access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref> His mother struggled with severe [[postpartum depression]] after his birth, and was later diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name="Hampson">{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/margaret-trudeau-is-solo-sane-60---and-irrepressible-as-ever/article4394810/?page=all |author=Hampson, Sarah|date=May 8, 2009|title=Margaret Trudeau is solo, sane, 60 - and irrepressible as ever. |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> He was given the nickname "Sacha" (the French spelling of the Russian diminutive for Alexander) in recognition of his father's love of Russian literature and culture; the name also is linked to former ambassador of the [[USSR]] to Canada and Trudeau family friend [[Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Alexander Yakovlev]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Plamondon |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Plamondon |date=2013 |title=The Truth about Trudeau |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3oY17o5sSwC&dq=Yakovlev+Trudeau&pg=PA3-IA2 |location=Ottawa |publisher=Great River Media |chapter=Chapter 3. A friend to communists. Viva Cuba - Viva Castro |isbn=978-1-4566-1671-7}}</ref> Alexandre Trudeau's younger brother, [[Michel Trudeau|Michel]], was born in 1975.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title=A third son for Trudeau| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19751002&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=[[The Ottawa Citizen]]| date=October 2, 1975| access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref>  All three of Pierre and Margaret Trudeau's children became media sensations from birth.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

When talking about her sons each having distinctly different personalities, in an interview in 1977, Margaret Trudeau said, "Justin, 6, is a prince &ndash; a very good little boy. Sacha, born Christmas Day, 1973, is a bit of a revolutionary, very determined and strong willed. Miche (Michel) is a happy, well-adjusted child, who combined the best traits of both brothers."<ref>{{cite news| last=Larkin| first=Kathy| newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]| location=Toledo, Ohio| agency=KNS| title=Margaret Trudeau Says She Likes New Freedom| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hg9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6993%2C2118256| date=November 30, 1977| access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref>

His parents announced they would separate in 1977. His mother, unbeknownst to the public, then lived in an attic suite within the Prime Minister's official residence at [[24 Sussex Drive]] in Ottawa for the next three years, so as to make the adjustment easier on the children. After the divorce was finalized on April 2, 1984, he and his brothers attended the civil ceremony in which Margaret Trudeau remarried to Ottawa real estate developer Fried Kemper on April 18, 1984. A half-brother, Kyle Kemper (born 1984), and a half-sister, Alicia Kemper (born 1988), soon followed.<ref name="Hampson"/> Pierre and Margaret Trudeau tried as much as possible to protect their children from the public eye, and following Pierre Trudeau's retirement as Prime Minister in 1984, he raised them in relative privacy in [[Montreal]].{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Alexandre Trudeau gained another half-sister, Sarah Coyne (born 1991), from his father's relationship with Canadian politician [[Deborah Coyne]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2010/11/24/pierre_trudeaus_daughter_sarah_lives_under_the_radar.html| title=Pierre Trudeau's daughter, Sarah, lives under the radar| date=November 24, 2010| access-date=November 10, 2015| last=Popplewell| first=Brett| newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref>

Like his father and brothers, Alexandre Trudeau studied at [[Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Petit-déjeuner témoignage {{!}} Brébeuf|url=https://www.brebeuf.qc.ca/association-des-anciens/activites-de-lacjb/petit-dejeuner-temoignage/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.brebeuf.qc.ca}}</ref> He graduated with a B.A. in philosophy and a Masters in architecture from [[McGill University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=alexandre.trudeau {{!}} Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation|url=https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/member/alexandre-trudeau|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.trudeaufoundation.ca}}</ref> While attending McGill, he joined the [[Canadian Forces]] as a Reserve Entry Scheme Officer with [[The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)|Royal Canadian Hussars]] reserve regiment in 1996.<ref name=NationalistPost2012-10-22/> He trained at [[CFB Gagetown]], [[New Brunswick]] and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, but released voluntarily before completing his training as an [[armoured warfare|armoured]] officer.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Following graduation, he traveled to [[West Africa]] to produce his first documentary: ''Liberia, the Secret War'' (1998).<ref>{{cite news| first=Scott| last=Taylor| date=May 1, 2000| title=Young Trudeau among the Serbs| newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen| url=http://balkanpeace.org/index.php?index=article&articleid=11456}}</ref> In the same year in which the documentary was made, his brother Michel died in an avalanche that pushed him into [[British Columbia]]'s [[Kokanee Lake]], where he drowned.<ref name="nyt16Nov1998">{{cite news| last=DePalma| first=Anthony| title=Pierre Trudeau's Youngest Son Believed Killed in Avalanche| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/world/pierre-trudeau-s-youngest-son-believed-killed-in-avalanche.html| access-date=November 19, 2010| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=April 3, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

When [[Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau|Pierre Trudeau died in 2000]], both his surviving sons returned to the public eye. Although Alexandre Trudeau was visibly more reserved and quieter than his brother, his heightened public profile brought new attention<ref>[http://evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=4016 Profile], evalu8.org; accessed November 21, 2015.<br>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408145428/http://evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=4016 |date=April 8, 2005 }}</ref> to his work as a journalist. After Pierre Trudeau's death, Alexandre continued to live in his father's Art Deco home ([[Cormier House]]) in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/01/20/trudeau-practices-law-and-low-key-living/| title=Trudeau Practices Law And Low-key Living| first=Janet| last=Cawley| date=January 20, 1986| newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]| access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>