diff --git a/history/people/justintrudeau.md b/history/people/justintrudeau.md index ac01ff3..7fa593c 100644 --- a/history/people/justintrudeau.md +++ b/history/people/justintrudeau.md @@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ ## Prime Minister of Canada As one of the youngest Prime Ministers elected in Canadian history, Justin Trudeau is a celebrity both in Canada and around the world. Despite his opposition, there is no denying Trudeau is a character. -[Biography] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau) + +## [Biography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau) + Born on December 25, 1971, to father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and mother, Margaret Sinclair, Justin spent quite a bit of his early life in Ottawa. Educated initially as a teacher, Trudeau made a transition into politics after leaving his master's degree at McGill in environmental geography. -[Political Life] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Political_beginnings) + +## [Political Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Political_beginnings) Beginning his political career, Trudeau would run for the Liberal nomination in 2006. Facing Mary Deros, a Montreal city councillor and Basilio Giordano, on April 29, 2007, he easily won the party's nomination, picking up 690 votes to 350 for Deros and 220 for Giordano. -[Prime Minister of Canada] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Prime_Minister_of_Canada) + +## [Prime Minister of Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Prime_Minister_of_Canada) On October 14, 2008, a federal election was called by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, by which time Trudeau had been campaigning for a year in Papineau. Following his election win, Edward Greenspon, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, noted that Trudeau would "be viewed as few other rookie MPs are—as a potential future prime minister—and scrutinized through that lens." ![Selfie with Obama](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/30/04/35CDBF3A00000578-0-image-a-64_1467256643442.jpg)