Mark Carney, the former head of the Bank of Canada who stepped in to run for the federal Liberal leadership after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation in January, was chosen as their new leader by party members Sunday, March 9.
Carney, 59, easily won the race, pulling in 131,674 votes. Runner-up Chrystia Freeland, the country's former finance minister, earned 11,134 votes, while Karina Gould and Frank Baylis took 4,785 and 4,038 respectively.
The news was announced shortly after 6 p.m. Eastern time.
Carney was the governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 before taking the same role at the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. He has never been elected to office.
He will become prime minister, leading from the gallery rather than the Commons floor, after Trudeau, who said in January he would step down once his successor is chosen, formally resigns.
Trudeau delivered a farewell speech after the results were confirmed.
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