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	Prime Minister of Canada (15th and 23rd)
Connected families	Sinclair
Distinctions	Trudeauism, Trudeaumania

The Trudeau family is a Canadian family originating from the French colonial period in what is now Quebec. The family is also a political dynasty.

Members

• 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 and Margaret
  • 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), founder of Singapore, 5th great grandfather of Justin Trudeau

Offices held

Pierre Trudeau served as Prime Minister intermittently from 1968 to 1984.

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 Parliament
  • November 8, 1965 – June 30, 1984
  • October 14, 2008 – present

See also

• Mulroney family