Canada's new prime minister is an outrageously fit badass

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Justin Trudeau. Chris Wattie / Reuters


Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was elected to be prime minister of Canada on Monday

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He won in a landslide, kicking out Stephen Harper's conservative government. 

Here's a look at his boxing-filled, family-first road to Ottawa.

 

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Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau became the prime minister-designate of Canada this week after the federal election on Monday.

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He's replacing conservative Stephen Harper.

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At 43, he's the oldest son of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. That's Justin on the far left, along with his brothers Sacha and Michel.

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His wife, Sophie Gregoire, is a television host.

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His platform includes increased spending on infrastructure, raising taxes on the wealthy, legalizing marijuana, taking in more refugees, and reforming the voting system. Also: hockey.

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As his 2012 charity boxing match with a conservative senator showed, Trudeau is comfortable with conflict.

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Justin Trudeau. Chris Wattie / Reuters
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He won a TKO in two rounds against disgraced conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau.

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And in 2011, in a heated debate about the Kyoto Protocol, Trudeau called environment minister Peter Kent a "piece of sh-t" with a shout from across the room. He apologized immediately afterward. And after the election, Kent is out.

 

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At this rate, Trudeau's son Xavier might be PM one day, too.

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But for now, the fight's just begun.

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