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| After Win in Canada, Trudeau Finds Mostly Votes of Confidence Online | |
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| Justin Trudeau, 43, will become Canada’s next prime minister after leading his Liberal Party to a strong performance in parliamentary elections on Monday. He will be the second-youngest prime minister in the country’s history and the first to follow a parent — his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who except for eight months was prime minister from 1968 to 1984 — into office. | Justin Trudeau, 43, will become Canada’s next prime minister after leading his Liberal Party to a strong performance in parliamentary elections on Monday. He will be the second-youngest prime minister in the country’s history and the first to follow a parent — his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who except for eight months was prime minister from 1968 to 1984 — into office. |
| The Liberal Party took a commanding majority in the House of Commons, ousting Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, who had been in power since 2006, and relegating what had been the second-biggest party, the New Democrats, to a distant third place. | The Liberal Party took a commanding majority in the House of Commons, ousting Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, who had been in power since 2006, and relegating what had been the second-biggest party, the New Democrats, to a distant third place. |
| Below is a selection of reactions posted on Twitter by political leaders around the world … | |
| … writers, intellectuals and activists, including many environmentalists … | … writers, intellectuals and activists, including many environmentalists … |
| … and Canadian politicians: | … and Canadian politicians: |