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Ottawa (eCanadaNow) – Justin Trudeau, son of former late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is awaiting results of his riding nomination for the Liberal Party of Canada in Papineau, Quebec.

This is his first atempt at running for politics since his father was Prime Minister of Canada in the 80’s.

His two other competitors for the nomination are two natives from the town; Mary Deros, a city councillor and Basilio Giordano, a former city councillor and journalist for a local Italian newspaper. Competitors for the other federal party’s have not yet been chosen.

Trudeau, 35, does not live in Papineau. It is the poorest riding in Canada and the smallest. It consists of blue-collar residents.

The riding has a long history of Liberal MPs. In the 1949 federal election an Independent MP held the riding. Liberal Adrien Meunier was re-elected three times holding the riding from 1949 to 1962. Liberal Guy Favreau was re-elected once holding the riding from 1963 to 1965. Liberal André Ouellet was re-elected six times holding the riding from 1967 to 1984. Liberal Pierre Pettigrew was elected in 2004, he came in second to current Bloc Québécois MP Vivian Barbot, who won by 17,775 votes.