Justin Trudeau, son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, has been elected Prime Minister in a shock landslide win, ending nine years in opposition for his party, the Liberals.
Polls had forecast a minority administration, but instead voters returned a Liberal government with a majority. The party looks set to win 184 seats, an astonishing increase on their 36 seat haul in 2011, the party’s worst-ever result in its history.
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