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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.
The prime minister is not the head of state; thus, their spouse does not officially play as active a role in Canadian affairs as do the royal and viceregal consorts. [6] The prime minister's spouse, however, is still generally regarded as a public or semi-public figure, frequently accompanying the prime minister on campaign and other public appearances, and often hosting dignitaries at the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Ex-wife of the late Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau (born 1948) Margaret Trudeau Trudeau in 2014 Born Margaret Joan Sinclair (1948-09-10) September 10, 1948 (age 76) West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Nationality Canadian Known for Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada ...
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
[3] As of 2022, McTeer remains the only wife of a Canadian prime minister not to assume any part of her husband's surname; although both Laureen Teskey Harper and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau had kept their own birth surnames in their earlier years of marriage, but shifted to using their husbands's surnames upon assuming the role of prime minister ...
On June 23, 1971, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) announced that Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's wife of four months, Margaret Trudeau (née Sinclair), [3] was pregnant and due in December. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Justin Trudeau was born on December 25, 1971, at 9:27 pm EST at the Ottawa Civic Hospital . [ 6 ]
[8] [9] [10] Her family lived north of the city, in Sainte-Adèle, [8] eventually relocating to Montreal when she was four years old. [11] She was raised thereafter in Montreal's Mount Royal suburb, where she was a classmate and childhood friend of Michel Trudeau , the youngest son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret and ...
Twenty-three people have served as Prime Minister of Canada since the office came into existence in 1867. Nineteen of Canada's prime ministers have been born in Canada. Four of Canada's prime ministers have been born outside Canada: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie Bowell, and John Turner.