Trudeau family explained

Trudeau
Coat Of Arms:	Blason_de_Pierre_Elliot_Trudeau.svg
Coat Of Arms Caption:	Coat of Arms granted to Pierre Elliott Trudeau by the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Coat Of Arms Size:	100px
Region:	Central Canada (Montreal and Ottawa)
Type:	Political family
Origin:	New France
Otherfamilies:	Sinclair
Distinctions:	Trudeauism, Trudeaumania
Founder:	Charles-Émile Trudeau

The Trudeau family is a Canadian political family, originating from the French colonial period, in what is now Quebec. Two members of the family, Pierre Trudeau and Justin Trudeau, have served as the prime minister of Canada.

Members

• Joseph Trudeau (1848–1919), Canadian farm owner
  • Charles-Émile Trudeau (1887–1935), Canadian businessman and father of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
    • Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), 15th Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984)
      • Margaret Trudeau (b. 1948), divorced wife of Pierre Trudeau
      • Justin Trudeau (b. 1971), 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (2015–present), son of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau
        • Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (b. 1975), separated wife of Justin Trudeau
      • Alexandre Trudeau (b. 1973), Canadian film-maker, son of Pierre and Margaret
      • Michel Trudeau (1975–1998), son of Pierre and Margaret, who died in an avalanche

Connected people

• James Sinclair (1908–1984), maternal grandfather of Justin Trudeau, father of Margaret Trudeau
• William Farquhar (1774–1839), first British resident of Singapore, 5th great-grandfather of Justin Trudeau

Ancestry

The Trudeau family's surname can be traced back to Marcillac-Lanville in France, in the 16th century, and to a Robert Truteau (1544–1589).^[1] The lineage in North America was established by Étienne Truteau (1641–1712), in what is now Longueuil (of the Canadian province of Quebec), who arrived in Canada in 1659.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Offices held

• Prime Minister of Canada
  • April 20, 1968 – June 4, 1979
  • March 3, 1980 – June 30, 1984
  • November 4, 2015 – present
• Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
  • April 6, 1968 – June 16, 1984
  • April 14, 2013 – present
• Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
  • April 4, 1967 – July 5, 1968
• President of the King's Privy Council for Canada
  • March 11, 1968 – May 1, 1968
• Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth
  • November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018
• Member of the Canadian Parliament
  • November 8, 1965 – June 30, 1984
  • October 14, 2008 – present

Sources

• Web site: Généalogie Martial Trudeau . Généalogie du Québec et de l'Acadie . August 13, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904173530/http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Martial_Trudeau&pid=6563&lng=fr&partID=6564 . September 4, 2013 . 2012 . fr . . dead.

See also

• Mulroney family

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robert Truteau . Ancestry.com . November 4, 2015 .
2. Book: English . John . Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Volume 1 (1919-1968) . 2009 . Knopf . Canada . 9780307373588 . 25 December 2019.
3. Web site: Ancêtre français, histoire et vie quotidienne . Association des Truteau D'Amérique . 25 December 2019.
4. Book: Godbout . Archange . Émigration rochelaise en Nouvelle-France . 1970 . Archives Nationales du Québec.