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Stephen Harper's tenure as Canada's sixth-longest serving prime minister came to an abrupt end Monday night as his party was reduced to opposition status and he prepared to step down as its chief.

When Justin Trudeau is sworn in as Prime Minister, it will the first time in Canadian history that the top job will go to the son of a guy who was also Prime Minister.

Voter turnout was so high on some reserves on the Prairies that there were reports of a handful of polling stations running out of ballots.

Cabinet ministers such as Joe Oliver, Chris Alexander, Gail Shea and Bernard Valcourt were among well-known names swept away by the Liberal gale on Monday night.

The National Post’s Graeme Hamilton rounds up five things that are likely to be priorities for a new Liberal government, based on the party platform and comments made during the campaign by leader Justin Trudeau.

Justin Trudeau, who confidently guided his Liberal party to a convincing majority victory, now faces several pressing priorities and a raft of longer-term promises.

If Conservative leader Stephen Harper is true to his word, he will step down after losing the federal election.

Former finance minister Ralph Goodale is among seven top contenders to run the department in the new Liberal government that was elected on Monday, a senior advisor to Prime Minister designate Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.

The first foreign reactions to Justin Trudeau's ascent to the prime ministership included words of both congratulation and consternation -- as well as some sexual objectification.

Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau once again pledged at a press conference on Tuesday he would bring home Canada's six CF-18 fighter jets, which are currently involved in the U.S.-led bombing of Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

Justin Trudeau will swear in a new Liberal cabinet on Nov. 4 and he's got an embarrassment of riches to choose from among his 183 newly elected MPs.

When Dennis Becker saw his grandson sinking in a semi-trailer loaded with grain, he did all he could to save him.

Longtime MP and former cabinet minister Diane Finley says she intends to run for the interim leadership of the Conservative party.

A major investigation into human trafficking has led to the rescue earlier this month of 20 people -- some as young as 14 -- suspected of working in the sex trade as minors or against their will, police said Thursday.

The police officers, first responders and citizens who responded with such bravery and compassion to the killings of two Canadian military members a year ago exemplified what Canada is, Gov. Gen. David Johnston said Thursday.

Enraged Conservative supporter Earl Cowan became a viral sensation early in the campaign when he was recorded calling a group of journalists “lying pieces of s---” at an event in Etobicoke.