Justin Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Canadas 23rd Prime Minister. He was elected as the leader of the Liberal Party in April 2013 and led his party to victory in the 2015 federal election, moving the third-placed Liberals from 36 seats to 184 seats, the largest-ever numerical increase by a party in a Canadian federal election. The Liberal Party is a federal political party in Canada that espouses the principles of liberalism and generally sits at the center to center-left of the Canadian political spectrum.