Justin Trudeau Trudeau's election represents not just a change from
almost 10 years of Conservative rule under Stephen Harper, but an almost
unprecedented reversal of fortune for a Liberal Party that was nearly
left for dead after the 2011 general election.
Justin Trudeau, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, became
Canada's new prime minister after his Liberal Party won a majority of
Parliament's 338 seats on Monday. Photos Below
Trudeau is tall, 6'2 and trim and at 43, channels the star power, if not
quite the political heft, of his father, who swept to power in 1968 as
the Prime Minister.
His late father, who took office in 1968 and led Canada for most of the
next 16 years, is a storied name in Canadian history, responsible for
the country's version of the bill of rights.
His father, Pierre Trudeau, who was prime minister until 1984 with a
short interruption, remains one of the few Canadian politicians known in
America, his charisma often drawing comparisons to John F. Kennedy. His
father was a bachelor when he became prime minister, he dated actresses
Barbra Streisand and Kim Cattrall.
Justin Trudeau, a former school teacher and member of Parliament since
2008, becomes the second youngest prime minister in Canadian history.
Trudeau, who has re-energized the Liberal Party since its devastating
electoral losses four years ago, promises to raise taxes on the rich and
run deficits for three years to boost government spending.
Justin is married to Sophie Grégoire with 3 kids. Trudeau first met
Sophie Grégoire when they were both children growing up in Montreal, as
Grégoire was a classmate and childhood friend of Trudeau's youngest
brother, Michel
.
They reconnected as adults in June 2003, when Grégoire, by then a Quebec
television personality, was assigned as Trudeau's co-host for a charity
ball; they began dating several months later.
Trudeau and Grégoire became engaged in October 2004 and married on May
28, 2005, in a Catholic ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine
d'Outremont Church.
They have three children: daughter Ella-Grace Margaret (born February
2009) and sons Xavier James (born October 2007) and Hadrien (born
February 2014)
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