Sarah Elizabeth Coyne

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Sarah Elizabeth Coyne
Born 1991
Nationality Canada
Occupation Economist
Known for Pierre Trudeau's only daughter

Sarah Elizabeth Coyne is Canadian citizen, and student of Economics at the Wharton School, in Pennsylvania.[1] Both her parents were Canadian Constitutional scholars. Her mother Deborah Coyne played a key role in Canada's Meech Lake Accords. Her father was Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada who repatriated Canada's Constitution.[2]

According to a 2010 profile in the Hamilton Spectator Coyne has generally lived a quiet, private life, with the exception of publicly helping her mother run for a seat in the Parliament of Canada.[1] Coyne attended University of Toronto Schools.

The Spectator reported that Coyne had had little contact with her older half-brothers, who were born by Margaret Trudeau.[1] The Spectator reported that nine-year-old Coyne was embraced by both former President Jimmy Carter and Cuban President Fidel Castro, at her father's funeral. The Spectator reported that she was not mentioned in the eulogy her half-brother Justin Trudeau delivered at her father's funeral.

Her mother Deborah Coyne put her name forward as a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada in June 2012, and her half-brother Justin Trudeau put his name forward in September 2012.[3]

Coyne has a younger half-brother, Matthew, from her mother's marraige to Globe and Mail columnist Michael Valpy.[1][4]

Margaret Wente profiled Coyne's mother in the Globe and Mail on January 15, 2013, based on her recently published memoirs, Unscripted: A Life Devoted to Building a Better Canada.[5] According to Wente Debra Coyne and Pierre Trudeau had been involved in a sexual relationship for over five years before she discovered they had conceived a child. Wente quoted Trudeau's reaction to learning she was pregnant, noting that Trudeau treated Sarah "like a distant uncle".[6]:

“He made it clear from the beginning that the boys were his first priority and that remarriage was out of the question... He stressed that Sarah and I wouldn’t be able to just come by his home any time we wanted to.”[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brett Popplewell (2010-11-24). "Pierre Trudeau's daughter, Sarah, lives under the radar". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thespec.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F278621--pierre-trudeau-s-daughter-sarah-lives-under-the-radar&date=2012-09-26. "To passersby she's just another sophomore at one of the world's most prestigious business schools. To those who know her on campus, she's not Canadian royalty but the sporty outgoing sorority girl who carries her weight in a backpack filled with economics text books." 
  2. Michael T. Kaufman (2000-09-29). "Pierre Trudeau Is Dead at 80; Dashing Fighter for Canada". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Flearning%2Fgeneral%2Fonthisday%2Fbday%2F1018.html&date=2012-09-26. "He was close to his surviving sons and until his last illness frequently visited his daughter by Miss Coyne, the lawyer, whom he had first met professionally. The girl was born when Mr. Trudeau was 71." 
  3. Joan Bryden (2012-06-27). "Justin not only potential Trudeau connection in Liberal leadership race". Global TV. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalnews.ca%2Fjustin%2Bnot%2Bonly%2Bpotential%2Btrudeau%2Bconnection%2Bin%2Bliberal%2Bleadership%2Brace%2F6442669031%2Fstory.html&date=2012-09-26. "Nor, Coyne maintains, will it make for uncomfortable half-sibling relations. Daughter Sarah is "very supportive of me and interested in what I'm doing," but she's heading into her final undergraduate year at an American university and won't be involved in the leadership campaign." 
  4. Georgie Binks (2005-11-19). "The IPO of Deborah Coyne". National Post. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgeorgiebinks.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D42%26Itemid%3D47&date=2012-09-26. "Coyne also shuns any questions about her children, Sarah, 14, (with Trudeau) and Matthew, 9, (from her marriage to journalist Michael Valpy, from whom she is now divorced.) I have not seen either in probably five years and all I can say is that they are sweet, affectionate children, both smart like their mother, who dotes on them." 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Margaret Wente (2013-01-15). "Coyne, Trudeau: Strange bedfellows indeed". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/coyne-trudeau-strange-bedfellows-indeed/article7339810/. Retrieved 2015-10-20. "The flat, matter-of-fact tone conceals a world of hurt. After that conversation, she began “distancing” herself from him. When Pierre died in 2000, she and Sarah walked a few steps behind Margaret and the boys. They were the shadow family." 
  6. Marc Weisblott (2013-01-15). "Why is Deborah Coyne not oversharing even more detail about her romance with Pierre Trudeau?". O Canada. http://o.canada.com/entertainment/celebrity/why-is-deborah-coyne-not-oversharing-even-more-detail-about-her-romance-with-pierre-trudeau. Retrieved 2015-10-20. "Coyne was all but forced to stay on the fringes of his life — in a role likened to a “distant uncle” — right up until he died in 2000."