TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the threat of being knocked from power after one term as the nation held parliamentary elections on Monday. The 47-year-old Trudeau channeled the star power of his father, the liberal icon and late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, when he won in 2015 but a combination of scandal and high expectations have damaged his prospects. Not in 84 years has a first-term Canadian prime minister with a parliamentary majority lost a bid for re-election. Trudeau’s Liberals would likely rely on the New Democrats to stay in power. Nanos said the Conservatives might primarily be a western regional party, the Liberals, an Ontario regional party, the Bloc, a Quebec regional party, and the New Democrats a British Columbia regional party.

Source: Huffington Post October 21, 2019 14:52 UTC