Canada has a new Prime Minister, he's tall, fine and only 43 years old

Photos: Canada has a new Prime
Minister, he's tall, fine and only 43
years old

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.
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)