Justin Trudeau's resignation sparked nationwide contest to replace him as Prime Minister of Canada, with several top candidates emerging from the Liberal Party.

He was once a man of great promise, but now the Canadian Prime Minister, who resigned this week, leaves the stage in tatters

By suspending Parliament and promising to resign, the prime minister bought the Liberals time. But Canada will now face Donald J. Trump with a lame duck in charge.

Another possible candidate is the new finance minister, Dominic LeBlanc. The former public safety minister, and a close friend of Trudeau, LeBlanc recently joined the prime minister at a dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. LeBlanc was Trudeau’s babysitter when Trudeau was a child.

Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support from both within his party and in the country.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said he would step down in the coming months after nine years in power, bowing to legislators alarmed by his Liberal Party's miserable pre-election polling numbers.