Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks to supporters on the last day in the summer/fall federal election campaign in North Vancouver, British Columbia, October 18, 2015. Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI |
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The Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau became Canada's prime minister-elect Monday in the most costly election in the nation's history.
Trudeau, 43, is the eldest son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau and is scheduled to be sworn in as The Right Honourable on Nov. 4. Here a few interesting facts about the Ottawa native.
1. He is the first child of a Canadian Prime Minister to also be elected for the position
Canada's Man of the Century and former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, shown here during a 1993 book signing in Vancouver. Photo by H. Ruckemann/UPI
Trudeau's father, Pierre Trudeau, served as the PM of Canada for nearly 16 years. He became the 15th Prime Minister of Canada in April 1968 and served until June 1968 and resumed his role in March 1980 until June 1984. Pierre Trudeau died Sept. 28, 2000.
2. He participated in and won a boxing match on behalf of "Fight for the Cure"
Liberal Member of Parliament Justin Trudeau (shown) and Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau weigh-in at the Aulde Dubliner pub in Byward Market of downtown Ottawa, Ontario, March 28, 2012, for their headline three round Olympic rules cancer charity boxing match this coming Saturday, March 31, 2012. Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI
In 2012, Trudeau beat Conservative Sen. Patrick Brazeau in the third round of the charity boxing match. The victory was considered an upset.
3. He is married to Canadian television host Sophie Grégoire
Liberal Member of Parliament Justin Trudeau arrives with his wife Sophie Gregoire for the results of the race for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 14, 2013. Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI
Trudeau and Grégoire met in 2003 at a Canadian Grand Prix event. They married on May 28, 2005, and have two children: Xavier James Trudeau, 8, and Ella-Grace Margaret, 5.
4. He began his campaign to run the Liberal Party on his late brother's birthday
Justin Trudeau the oldest son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau talks about his brother's death as his mother Margaret Trudeau Kemper wipes away tears during an Avalanche Awareness Week press conference on Jan. 14, 2000. File photo by H Ruckemann/UPI
Trudeau's younger brother Michel Trudeau died in an avalanche while skiing at British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park on November 13, 1998. He was 23. When Trudeau announced his intention to lead Canada's Liberal party on Oct. 2, 2012, he said he chose the date to honor his brother.
5. He is the second youngest person to be sworn in as prime minister of Canada
Joe Clark, leader of Canada's Progressive Conservative Party, is pictures on November 13, 2000 during a federal election campaign stop outside Vancouver General Hospital. Photo by H. Ruckemann/UPI
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, was appointed the16th Primer Minister of Canada on June 4, 1979 one day before his 40th birthday. Trudeau became the prime minister-designate of Canada at age 43.
