Olivier Trudel (October 25, 1781 – August 19, 1859) was a farmer and political figure in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion o ...

. He represented Champlain in the

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of e ...

from 1830 to 1838. He was born in

Batiscan, Quebec Batiscan () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Mauricie Quebec region, region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. It is located along the St Lawrence River at the mouth of the Batiscan River. T ...

, the son of François Trudel and Suzanne Lefebvre. He lived at

Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan () is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. This municipality is part of the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality in Batiscanie and in the administrative region of M ...

. Trudel supported the

Parti patriote The () or () was a primarily francophone political party in what is now Quebec founded by members of the liberal elite of Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century. Its members were made up of liberal professionals and small-scale ...

and voted in support of the

Ninety-Two Resolutions The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the '' Parti patriote'' of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony. Papineau ha ...

. He was married twice: to Marguerite Toutant in 1808 and to Marie-Josephte Hamelin in 1853. Trudel died at Saint-Prosper at the age of 77. He was the grandfather of

François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel (April 28, 1838 – January 17, 1890) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on April 28, 1838, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie. Member of the legislature Trudel was elected as a C ...

who later served in the Quebec Legislative Assembly and the Canadian Senate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trudel, Olivier 1781 births 1859 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada