Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Champlain |
Predecessor: | Jean-Charles Chapais |
Term Start: | 1871 |
Term End: | 1875 |
Office2: | Senator for De Salaberry |
Predecessor2: | Louis Renaud |
Successor2: | Joseph Tassé |
Term Start2: | 1873 |
Term End2: | 1890 |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1838 |
Birth Place: | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (La Pérade), Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Spouse: | Marie-Zoé-Aimée Renaud |
Children: | 7 |
Alma Mater: | Nicolet College, Nicolet, Quebec |
François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel (April 28, 1838 – January 17, 1890) was a politician in Quebec, Canada.
He was born on April 28, 1838, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie.
Trudel was elected as a Conservative candidate to the provincial legislature in the district of Champlain in 1871. He co-authored the Programme Catholique and was an Ultramontanist. He did not run for re-election in 1875.
He was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1873. He joined Honoré Mercier's Parti National for a short period of time, but eventually became Conservative again.
On April 27, 1864, in Montreal, Trudel wed Marie-Zoé-Aimée, the only daughter of Louis Renaud. At his death, he left four children (three others had died during his lifetime). The eldest, Henri-Louis-François-Xavier-Édouard, became editor of L’Étendard when his father passed away. His widow, with whom he had had differences in public during their marriage, outlived him by 25 years, dying on April 24, 1915.[1]
Trudel died on January 17, 1890, in the Hotel-Dieu Hospital, at the age of 52.[2]