Mark Carney is Canada’s next PM

Mark Carney has won the Liberal leadership race to succeed
Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister by a landslide –
amassing 86% of the ballots in the first round of voting

85.9%
Mark Carney:
Former Governor of
Bank of Canada
(during 2008 financial
crisis), former Governor
of Bank of England
(during Brexit), and
most recently UN
Special Envoy for
Climate Action and
Finance

Carney is expected to
be sworn in as PM in
coming days and will
lead Liberals in next
general election –
expected to be called
in coming weeks

Now prime minister-
designate, he has
never served in elected
office before

8.0%
Chrystia
Freeland:
Member of
Parliament
for University-
Rosedale and
former Deputy
Prime Minister

3.2%
Karina Gould:
Member of
Parliament for
Burlington and
former Leader
of Government
in House of
Commons

3.0%
Frank Baylis:
Entrepreneur,
human rights
advocate and
former member
of Parliament for
Pierrefonds-
Dollard

85.9%
8.0%
3.2%
3.0%

Total
does not
add up to
100% due
to rounding

Sources: BBC, CBC, Liberal Party of Canada
Pictures: LPC Creative Commons
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