Justin Trudeau's parents, Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, had a significant age gap. Justin spoke about it in an interview from ...

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born Oct. 18, 1919, in Montreal to Charles-Emile Trudeau, a boisterous, hard-drinking French-Canadian entrepreneur, and the reserved, disciplined Grace Elliott Trudeau ...

This was due partially to the fact that his father, Pierre Trudeau, spent 15 years as the prime minister of Canada. Trudeau followed as closely in his father's footsteps as a son possibly could.

Though Pierre passed away more than a decade ago, Justin remains extremely close with his mother Margaret Trudeau, who became a force of her own during her tumultuous 13-year marriage to Pierre.

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife, Margaret Trudeau, separated in 1977 — decades before their son and daughter-in-law would find themselves in a similar position ...

Former Canadian Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau poses with his sons, Justin, Sacha and Michel, in a 1980 Christmas Card. Bettmann Archive.

Trudeau could even look to his grandfather’s example. “We always talk about him as being the son of Pierre Trudeau, but his maternal grandfather, James Sinclair, was an important politician ...

Trudeau, the son of former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau, took over as the lefty leader back in 2013 when the party was in deep trouble and was reduced to third place in the House of Commons for the ...

Pierre Trudeau was respected for his intellect, having been a law professor and a writer, but equally reviled for at times coming across as arrogant and aloof.

Justin Trudeau has been the prime minister of Canada for a little under a decade, having won parliamentary majorities three ...

Some critics call for Justin Trudeau to channel his father and be more forceful. The prime minister’s father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, confronted a violent movement in Quebec in 1970, and his ...