The Trudeau family is a Canadian family, originating from the French colonial period, in what is now

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Members

*Joseph Trudeau (1848–1919), Canadian farm owner *

Charles-Émile Trudeau Joseph Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau (July 5, 1887 – April 10, 1935) was a French Canadian attorney and businessman. His son was Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, and his grandson is Justin Trudeau, 23rd and current Prime ...

(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 Margaret Joan Trudeau ( Sinclair, formerly Kemper; born September 10, 1948) is a Canadian activist. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971; three years after he became prime minister. They divorced in 1984, d ...

(b. 1948), divorced wife of Pierre Trudeau *

Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...

(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 Alexandre Emmanuel "Sacha" Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian filmmaker, journalist and author of ''Barbarian Lost''. He is the second son of Canada's former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, and Margaret Trudeau, and the younger brot ...

(b. 1973), Canadian film-maker, son of Pierre and Margaret *

Michel Trudeau Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau (October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau and the younger brother of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He died in an avalan ...

(1975–1998), son of Pierre and Margaret, who died in an avalanche

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* James Sinclair (1908–1984), maternal grandfather of Justin Trudeau, father of Margaret Trudeau *

William Farquhar William Farquhar ( ; 26 February 1774 – 11 May 1839) was a Scottish colonial administrator employed by the East India Company, who served as the sixth Resident of Malacca between 1813 and 1818, and the first Resident of Singapore between ...

(1774–1839), first British resident of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

, 5th great-grandfather of Justin Trudeau

Ancestry

The Trudeau family's surname can be traced back to

Marcillac-Lanville Marcillac-Lanville () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department * Canadian Prime Ministers Pierre and Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; bor ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

, in the 16th century A.D., and to a Robert Truteau (1544–1589). The lineage in North America was established by

Étienne Truteau Étienne Truteau (1641–1712) was an early French pioneer who emigrated to New France, which later became Canada. He was involved with the colonization and development of the area of New France that is now Montreal, Longueuil and Saint-Lambert ...

(1641–1712), in what is now Longueuil (of the Canadian province of Quebec), who arrived in Canada in 1659.

Offices held

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as su ...

**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 The minister of justice and attorney general of Canada () is a dual-role portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet. The officeholder in the role of Minister of Justice () serves as the minister of the Crown responsible for the Department of Justice an ...

**April 4, 1967 – July 5, 1968 *

President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada In the Canadian cabinet, the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada (french: président du Conseil privé du Roi pour le Canada) is nominally in charge of the Privy Council Office. The president of the Privy Council also has the larg ...

**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''

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