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French Canadian businessman (–)

Joseph Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau (July 5, &#; April 10, ) was a French Canadian attorney and businessman.

He was the father of Pierre Trudeau, the 15thPrime Minister of Canada, and the paternal grandfather of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada.

Life and career

Charles-Émile Trudeau was born on his family's farm in Saint-Michel-de-Napierville, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Louis Trudeau (&#;),^[1] a semi-literate farmer, and Malvina Cardinal (&#;), whose own father was Solime Cardinal (&#;), mayor of Saint-Constant, Quebec.

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Malvina insisted that her sons be given a strong education; her husband agreed to send them to College Sainte-Marie. Trudeau later studied law at the Laval University's campus in Montreal, which in became the University of Montreal.

After a ten-year courtship, he married Grace Elliott (&#;), the daughter of a prominent Scots-Quebecer entrepreneur, Philip Arms