Trudeau family
| Trudeau | |
|---|---|
| Political family | |
 Coat of Arms granted to Pierre Elliott Trudeau by the Canadian Heraldic Authority | |
| Current region | Central Canada (Montreal and Ottawa) |
| Place of origin | New France |
| Founder | Charles-Émile Trudeau |
| Titles | |
| Connected families | Sinclair |
| Distinctions | Trudeauism, Trudeaumania |
The Trudeau family is a Canadian family, originating from the French colonial period, in what is now Quebec.
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), 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 was killed by 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 A.D., and to a Robert Truteau (1544–1589).[1][2] The lineage in North America was established by Etienne Truteau (1641–1712), in what is now Longueuil (of the Canadian province of Quebec), who arrived in Canada in 1659.[3][4][5]
Offices held
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Pierre Trudeau served as Prime Minister twice between 1968 to 1984.
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Justin Trudeau has served as Prime Minister since 2015.
- 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 Queen'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
References
- ^ Généalogie du Québec (2012).
- ^ "Robert Truteau". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ English, John (2009). Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Volume 1 (1919-1968). Canada: Knopf. ISBN 9780307373588. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Ancêtre français, histoire et vie quotidienne". Association des Truteau D'Amérique. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ Godbout, Archange (1970). Émigration rochelaise en Nouvelle-France. Archives Nationales du Québec.
See also
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