Olivier Trudel was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

. He represented Champlain

Champlain (Lower Canada)

The district of Champlain was established in 1829, under the regime of the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was located in the current Mauricie area and was located northeast of the district of Saint-Maurice on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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...

 from 1830 to 1838.

He was born in Batiscan, Quebec

Batiscan, Quebec

Batiscan is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located along the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Batiscan River.-History:...

, the son of François Trudel and Suzanne Lefebvre. He lived at Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan

Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Quebec

Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located along the Batiscan River.- References :...

. Trudel supported the Parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

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....

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

Saint-Prosper, Quebec

Saint-Prosper is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 3,617 as of 2009. It is named after Reverend Prosper-Marcel Meunier, first priest of the parish.-People linked to...

 at the age of 77.

He was the grandfather of François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel

François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel

François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel was a politician in Quebec, Canada.-Member of the legislature: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...

who later served in the Quebec legislative assembly and the Canadian senate.