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The Liberals lead in each province except B.C. and Alberta in the poll, and that lead is particularly notable in NDP stronghold Quebec, where the Liberals are outpolling the NDP 46% to 22%.

“Well, now we know where all those votes that built the Orange Crush came from; they were being parked with the NDP while the Liberals searched for a saviour to rebuild the party,” Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff said in a statement. “Now that’s done, those voters are getting back in their cars and going home. It looks like the Crush has been crushed.”

The 41-year-old Trudeau also proves to be getting more than a benefit-of-a-doubt from Canadians, easily besting Prime Minister Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in personal popularity.

While Harper has a -27 net favourable rating (approval minus disapproval) in the Forum Poll and Mulcair a +1, Trudeau has an impressive +22 — the highest party leader rating in the history of Forum polling on the subject.

Trudeau’s support is notably higher among the less wealthy, in Atlantic Canada and Quebec and among those with post-graduate degrees.

Trudeau was finally elected Liberal leader Sunday, ending months of political watchers waiting for the Liberal leadership race to end so they stop referring to Trudeau as “the heir apparent.”

The son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was greeted with his first attack ad from the Conservative Party — which may have backfired, at least according to the Twittersphere — as the ad featured a wildly out of context quote and poked fun at Trudeau seemingly for participating in a charity for liver cancer.

“They’re using pictures from a charity fashion show to attack me and undermine what we’ve built,” Trudeau said in an email to supporters Monday night.

The Canadian Liver Foundation tweeted its support of Trudeau after the ad was released Monday.