Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Justin Trudeau Elected Canada's Prime Minister

In yesterday's federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party won an outright majority of 184 seats in the House of Commons, thus making their leader Justin Trudeau the new Prime Minister.  The Conservative Party, which had previously been in power since 2006 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, won 99 seats and will thus be the Official Opposition.  The New Democratic Party finished third with 44 seats.  The other parties winning seats were the Bloc Québécois with 10 and the Green Party with 1.

The Liberals set a record for gaining seats from one election to the next, having won only 34 in 2011.  Trudeau is the son of the late Pierre Trudeau, who served as Canada's Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984.  Harper has indicated that he will step down as his party's leader, but will remain in Parliament.

Read more at the National Post, CTV News, Reuters, AOL and CBC News.

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