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The 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election is an ongoing election being held from February 26 to March 9, 2025. It is currently being held by members of the Liberal Party of Canada to elect a successor to Justin Trudeau following his announcement on January 6, 2025, of his intention to resign as party leader and as prime minister of Canada as soon as his successor is elected.
Trudeau has stood for election to the House of Commons five times and was elected each time (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021). Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party in 2013, succeeding Michael Ignatieff , who retired from politics after losing the general election of 2011 .
The 2025 Canadian federal election will elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament.The election will be called after the governor general dissolves parliament (via request from the prime minister) but, under the fixed-date provisions of the Canada Elections Act, must be held no later than October 20, 2025
Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down after nine years as Canadian prime minister in the face of a mounting set of crises, but stay in office until a replacement party leader is chosen.
Last Friday, Trudeau told Montreal radio station CJAD 800 that he would not resign if his party lost the LaSalle-Émard-Verdun election and vowed to stay on as party leader until the next election ...
In his press conference on Monday Trudeau called for a more unified political environment and suggested changes to Canada's election process that would allow voters to look "for things they have ...
Justin Pierre James Trudeau [c] (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has been the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013. A member of the Liberal Party , he was also the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth from 2015 to 2018.
Canada's next federal election must take place by October. Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada's Conservative Party, is the current front-runner to replace Trudeau as prime minister.