Mark Carney won Canada’s Liberal Party leadership election on Sunday, making him Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor after he announced he was stepping down in January.
Carney, a former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, won in convincing fashion, securing 85.9% of the vote, according to CBC. He faced off against Chrystia Freeland, whose own resignation from Trudeau’s Cabinet prompted the prime minister’s decision to step down.
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