Trudeau family

This article is about the Canadian political family. For other people, see Trudeau and Trudeau (disambiguation).

Trudeau
Political family
Coat of arms granted to Pierre Trudeau by the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Current region	Central Canada (Montreal and Ottawa)
Place of origin	New France
Founder	Charles-Émile Trudeau
Titles	List Prime Minister of Canada (15th & 23rd) Leader of the Opposition (Canada) Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (7th & 14th) Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth Member of Parliament (for Mount Royal & for Papineau)
Connected families	Sinclair
Distinctions	Trudeauism, Trudeaumania

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), activist and divorced wife of Pierre Trudeau
      • Justin Trudeau (b. 1971), 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (2015–2025), son of Pierre and Margaret Trudeau
        • Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (b. 1975), former television host and separated wife of Justin Trudeau
        • Xavier Trudeau (b. 2007), singer ^[1] and son of Justin and Sophie
        • Ella-Grace Margaret Trudeau (b. 2009), daughter of Justin and Sophie
        • Hadrien Grégoire (b. 2014), son of Justin and Sophie
      • Alexandre Trudeau (b. 1973), Canadian film-maker and son of Pierre and Margaret
      • Michel Trudeau (1975–1998), son of Pierre and Margaret and died in an avalanche
      • Sarah Elizabeth Coyne (b. 1991), daughter of Pierre Trudeau and Deborah Coyne ^[2]

Connected people

• James Sinclair (1908–1984), maternal grandfather of Justin Trudeau and father of Margaret Trudeau
• William Farquhar (1774–1839), first British resident of Singapore and 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). ^{[3] [4]} 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. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Offices held

Pierre Trudeau served as prime minister twice between 1968 and 1984.

Justin Trudeau served as prime minister between 2015 and 2025.

• Prime Minister of Canada
  • April 20, 1968 – June 4, 1979
  • March 3, 1980 – June 30, 1984
  • November 4, 2015 – March 14, 2025
• Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
  • April 6, 1968 – June 16, 1984
  • April 14, 2013 – March 9, 2025
• 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
  • for Mount Royal
    • November 8, 1965 – September 4, 1984
  • for Papineau
    • October 14, 2008 – April 28, 2025

See also

• Mulroney family
• Ford family (Canada)

References

1. Oliver, Kenn (January 27, 2025). "Justin Trudeau's 17-year-old son Xavier releasing 'dark ambient' RnB song in February". National Post . Retrieved 2025-01-29.
2. Popplewell, Brett (November 24, 2010). "Pierre Trudeau's daughter, Sarah, lives under the radar". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
3. Généalogie du Québec (2012).
4. "Robert Truteau". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
5. 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.
6. "Ancêtre français, histoire et vie quotidienne". Association des Truteau D'Amérique. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
7. Godbout, Archange (1970). Émigration rochelaise en Nouvelle-France. Archives Nationales du Québec.

Sources

• "Généalogie Martial Trudeau". Généalogie du Québec et de l'Acadie (in French). 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2012.