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 political 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), 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][2] 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.^[3][4][5]

Offices held

Pierre Trudeau served as prime minister twice between 1968 and 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 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