--- description: Justin Trudeau, son of the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada's new leader in a stunning victory by the country's Liberal Party. See his rise to office in pictures below title: See New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Life in Pictures image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69b0a9a84314599e/6988691b524fc077eddf51a8/gettyimages-83249134_master.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Life in Pictures by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2015 12:22 AM CUT  Justin Trudeau in his campaign office in 2008 in Montreal, two days before the federal elections. Justin Trudeau in his campaign office in 2008 in Montreal, two days before the federal elections.David Boily—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2015 12:22 AM CUT  Justin Trudeau at Winchester, MA in 1977. Boris Spremo—Toronto Star/Getty Images  Margaret Thatcher, Pierre Trudeau and Justin Trudeau in London, in 1980. Lawrence Harris—AP  Justin Trudeau pictured at age 14 in Toronto, in 1986. Boris Spremo—Toronto Star/Getty Images  Pierre Trudeau, Margaret Kemper and Justin Trudeau after attending a memorial to Michel Trudeau in Montreal, in 1998. Reuters  Justin Trudeau breaks down on his father's casket after reading the eulogy, in Montreal, in 2000. Paul Chiasson—Associated Press  Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire leave following their wedding ceremony in his father's 1959 Mercedes 300SL in Montreal, in 2005. Christinne Muschi—Reuters  Justin Trudeau in his campaign office in 2008 in Montreal, two days before the federal elections. David Boily—AFP/Getty Images  Justin Trudeau and his son Hadrien in Gatineau, Quebec in 2015. Chris Wattie—Reuters  Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau wave with their children on election day in Montreal, on Oct. 19, 2015. Kevin Van Paassen—Bloomberg/Getty Images  Justin Trudeau attends a campaign rally in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 17, 2015. Chris Wattie—Reuters  Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister-elect, and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau wave to supporters on election night in Montreal, on Oct. 20, 2015. Kevin Van Paassen—Bloomberg/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4080530/see-new-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-life-in-pictures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4080530/see-new-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-life-in-pictures/"},"headline":"See New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Life in Pictures","datePublished":"2015-10-21T00:22:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:12.363Z","description":"Justin Trudeau, son of the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada's new leader in a stunning victory by the country's Liberal Party. See his rise to office in pictures below","url":"https://time.com/4080530/see-new-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-life-in-pictures/","keywords":["Canada","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69b0a9a84314599e/6988691b524fc077eddf51a8/gettyimages-83249134_master.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69b0a9a84314599e/6988691b524fc077eddf51a8/gettyimages-83249134_master.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY GUILLAUME LAVALL","caption":"TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY GUILLAUME LAVALL","creditText":"David Boily—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4080530/see-new-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-life-in-pictures/","name":"See New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Life in Pictures"}}]}] ```