Ferdinand Trudel

Ferdinand Trudel was a politician in Quebec, Canada.

Background
He was born on May 4, 1852, in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Mauricie, Canada East.

Mayor
Trudel was Mayor of Saint-Stanislas from 1886 to 1888.

Member of the legislature
Trudel ran as a candidate of Honoré Mercier's Parti National in 1886 and won a seat to the provincial legislature, representing the district of Champlain. In 1890 though, local Bishop Louis-François Richer Laflèche publicly supported the Conservatives. Trudel and his Nationalist colleagues from the Mauricie area were all defeated.

Federal Politics
He also ran in the federal district of Champlain in 1891, but lost.

Death
He died in office on December 22, 1924.