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• Prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau, propelled by a wave of support that swept the Liberals to a majority government, told a crowded rally in Montreal he will 'be the prime minister of all Canadians,' during his victory speech on Monday night. (Jim Young/Reuters)

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• Justin Trudeau, carried here by his father past a saluting guard in 1973, is the only offspring of a prime minister to become a Canadian prime minister himself. He's also the first leader of the country to be born in the capital. (Rod MacIvor/Canadian Press)

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• Justin Trudeau grew up in the height of Trudeaumania (a term coined to describe the frenzy that followed his wildly popular father.) Some of Justin's political views have been shaped by his father's liberal and non-conformist values. (Fox Photos/Getty)

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• Margaret Trudeau, 30 years Pierre's junior, played a significant role in shaping her eldest son in her image. Many observers say it was Margaret who passed on her outgoing, warm personality. (Peter Bregg/Canadian Press)

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• Pictured from left to right are Justin, Michel and Alexandre (Sacha), at their father's swearing-in ceremony in 1980. (Ron Poling/Canadian Press)

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• Justin, 8, looks to his father during an exchange with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher outside No. 10 Downing Street, in London, on June 25, 1980 — a time when Trudeau was pushing to patriate the Canadian Constitution. (Lawrence Harris/Associated Press)

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• Justin Trudeau accompanied his father on many excursions abroad, including this trip to West Germany in 1982. 'The decision-making model I learned during those 707 flights has come to inform my own leadership style,' he wrote in his memoir, Common Ground. (Peter Bregg/Canadian Press)

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• In spite of his pedigree, Justin Trudeau spent much of his life trying to avoid being sized up against his father (as he is here at a Montreal Expos game in 1987). In his 2014 memoir Common Ground, the future prime minister said that his father's larger-than-life personality was, for him, 'a reason to avoid entering the political arena.' (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

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• In 1998, Trudeau's youngest brother, Michel, died in an avalanche while skiing in Kokanee Glacier Park, B.C. Following the tragedy, Justin and his mother, pictured here during the taping of a TV interview in January 2000, used their fame to raise awareness and funds for the Canadian Avalanche Association. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau initially ignored the call to politics and instead promoted various causes, including publicly criticizing the B.C. government for cutting funds for an avalanche warning system in Lake Louise, Alta., in 2002. He also became chair of the board of directors for Katimavik, a national youth program that encouraged young Canadians to volunteer in their community. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

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• After maintaining a private life as a student and then a teacher, Trudeau stepped into the public spotlight after his father's death in 2000 when he delivered a moving, 15-minute eulogy at the funeral. Many speculated that his charismatic address and reference to his father's vision of a unified Canada meant he was destined for a future in politics. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

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• While their father's casket was being transported by rail from Ottawa to Montreal, Justin and his brother Alexandre greeted supporters of the former prime minster, often accepting roses like these in Dorval, Que., on Oct. 2, 2000. (Adrian Wyld and Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)

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• In 2004, Trudeau was again in the public eye when he introduced the Dalai Lama to about 30,000 people at an event in Toronto. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

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• A year later, on May 28, 2005, Trudeau married journalist and women's activist Sophie Grégoire. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau, pictured beside longtime family friend and former prime minister Jean Chrétien, officially joined politics in April 2006 when the Liberals recruited him to lead what they called a 'youth task force,' an initiative that would help renew the party after its election defeat to the newly elected Conservative minority government. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press)

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• Two years later, in 2008, Justin Trudeau was elected as the member of Parliament for the riding of Papineau, Que. He is pictured here being congratulated by his mother, Margaret, after being sworn in on Parliament Hill. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau kisses his wife, Sophie Grégoire, as they wait in line to vote in the 2011 federal election, when he was re-elected to the House of Commons in the riding of Papineau. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau fought then Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau in a charity boxing match for cancer research in 2012. He made headlines for defeating the three-to-one favourite, who had a background in martial arts and had served in the Canadian Forces. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)

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• A few months later, Trudeau stepped into his father's shoes and announced he would seek the leadership of the Liberal Party. With 'Justin' printed on the red backdrop (as opposed to the expected 'Trudeau'), he said he would focus on the middle class. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau attended the 25th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre, which claimed the lives of 14 women in 1989. He is pictured here with survivor Nathalie Provost in Montreal in December 2014. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau paddled down the Bow River in Calgary during the 2015 federal election campaign, mirroring an iconic photograph of his father paddling in the Amazon in 1980. (Jonathan Hayward/Doug Ball/Canadian Press)

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• Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire, share a kiss during the 11-week-long 2015 federal election campaign in Brampton, Ont. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

December 6, 1989.

I had to do a reflection in  Montreal on the anniversary of this date. It was one of the most challenging and emotional things I had to do.  

In 1972 Richard Nixon predicted Justin Trudeau would be PM

As calls of congratulations rolled in to Canada’s Prime Minister-elect from leaders around the world, it came to light that the prediction of a departed one has come to pass.

Pierre, Margaret and Justin Trudeau in April, 1972, around the time of the U.S. President's visit to Ottawa where Richard Nixon toasted baby Justin, correctly predicting he would become Prime Minister of Canada.

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Harper, Trudeau come together to mourn death of soldiers

Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) and Prime Minister Designate Justin Trudeau pauses for a minute silent during a remembrance at The National War Memorial October 22, 2015 in Ottawa.The ceremony honouring the two soldiers who were killed last year by individuals supportive of Islamic extremism Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent.

(Dave Chan for The Globe and Mail.)

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