Career
He represented Champlain in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838. He was born in Batiscan, Quebec, the son of François Trudel and Suzanne Lefebvre. He lived at Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan.
Trudel supported the Parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions.
Trudel died at Saint-Prosper at the age of 77. He was the grandfather of François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel who later served in the Quebec Legislative Assembly and the Canadian Senate.