- Born
- Birth nameJustin Pierre James Trudeau
- Height1.88 m
- Justin Trudeau is a Canadian politician. He was born on December 25, 1971, the son of the then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau (née Sinclair). Educated at McGill University and the University of British Columbia, he worked as a teacher before going into politics. He was elected to the Canadian Parliament as a Liberal Party candidate in the 2008 federal election, representing the Papineau riding (located in Montreal), and was re-elected in 2011. In 2013, he was elected the leader of the Liberal Party.
In the run up to the 2015 Canadian federal election, Justin Trudeau was subject to a long running negative campaign by the Conservative Party that painted him as a intellectual lightweight pretty boy who had no business in politics. However, that campaign backfired by lowering the public expectations of him until he was able to easily impress the public with his passionate and articulate intelligence and charisma with his first televised election debate. With an appealing left wing campaign platform that stole a march from the rival New Democratic Party, Trudeau was able to win a majority government for his party, a very rare Canadian feat for a third place party to leap to first place to form a government.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseSophie Grégoire Trudeau(May 28, 2005 - August 2, 2023) (separated, 3 children)
- ChildrenHadrian TrudeauElla-Grace Margaret Trudeau
- Parents
- RelativesAlexandre Trudeau(Sibling)Michel Trudeau(Sibling)
- His youngest brother, Michel, died in an avalanche in British Columbia, Canada, on November 13, 1998, at the age of 23.
- Trudeau is the first Canadian Prime Minister whose parent held the same position previously.
- Prime Minister of Canada (November 4, 2015 - March 14, 2025).
- Wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is the Quebec correspondent for Canadian entertainment news show eTalk Daily (2002).
- Son Xavier James Trudeau born October 18, 2007 in Montreal at 9 lbs. 2 oz.
- I'm someone who stumbles my way through, leads with my chin in some cases, leads with my heart in all cases. It leaves me way open for all sorts of criticisms left, right and centre. You know what? I was raised with pretty thick skin. And I think people are hungry for politicians who aren't afraid to say what they think and mean it.
- Can I actually make a difference? Can I get people to believe in politics again? Can I get people to accept more complex answers to complex questions? I know I can. I know that's what I do very well. Why am I doing this? Because I can, not because I want to. Because I must.
- I'm willing to work extremely hard. The idea that my father raised sons that expected anything to be handed to them, to not roll up their sleeves and work harder than anyone around them, is not to know my dad.
- [on vying for leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada] It's about introducing the deeper side of me. A fuller perspective of who I am, than what people have been used to. This is not a whim or a lark or a chance for me to enter another popularity contest. This is about us collectively pulling together to build a better Canada.
- My father's values and vision of this country obviously form everything I have as values and ideals. But this is not the ghost of my father running for the leadership of the Liberal Party. This is me.
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