‘A clear mandate’: Trudeau wins second term, with voters handing Liberals a minority

It brings an end to a nail-biting, gruelling 40-day slog that has exposed deepening rifts across the country and saw both frontrunners engage in mudslinging in an apparent attempt to overtake the other in public opinion polls.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wave to supporters in Montreal after voters handed him a second term. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

October 22, 2019

MONTREAL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was re-elected with a minority government, squeaking out a narrow, humbling victory in a tight and divisive election that subjected Canadians to fear tactics, dirty tricks, and misinformation like never before.

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