Mark Carney dominated the race to replace Justin Trudeau. Now what?

Rhianna Schmunk · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 10, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

In thing of a governmental blowout, Mark Carney was elected connected Sunday arsenic person of the Liberal Party and arsenic the adjacent premier minister.

He won with 85.9 per cent of the votes, a larger borderline than galore expected — even though helium was the wide front-runner passim the race.

His triumph was bigger than what outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had after his ain enactment contention successful 2013 — adjacent though helium had little than fractional the magnitude of clip to campaign. 

It means Carney has a beardown mandate heading into governmental bureau — adjacent though it's the archetypal he's ever held.

Here's what comes adjacent for Carney, the Liberals and Canadian authorities successful general.

Is Carney the premier curate now?

No. He has to beryllium sworn successful archetypal by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.

Until then, Carney is the premier minister-designate. A day hasn't been acceptable for him to instrumentality office.

WATCH | Why Mark Carney isn't premier curate close away:

So, Trudeau is inactive premier minister?

Yes. Trudeau has said he'll enactment successful the occupation for a fewer days oregon weeks to assistance with the transition. Once Carney is sworn in, Trudeau volition officially resign.

Calls to find who volition enactment successful Carney's Prime Minister's Office person already been happening, sources person told CBC News.

WATCH | Trudeau's governmental legacy: 

Does this mean we're having a national election?

It surely looks similar we're heading that way. When precisely an predetermination mightiness happen, though, is little clear.

Carney is not presently an elected MP and doesn't person a spot successful the House of Commons.

That has raised speculation — and hints from Carney himself — that an predetermination volition beryllium called soon, adjacent earlier Parliament is scheduled to instrumentality connected March 24.

Before helium tin marque that call, Carney volition person to name a cabinet. Whether helium keeps Trudeau's existent furniture mostly intact oregon chooses his ain impermanent squad volition beryllium intimately watched.

What astir enactment candidates who didn't win?

Former concern curate Chrystia Freeland came successful a distant 2nd connected Sunday. On her mode retired of Rogers Centre successful Ottawa, she told reporters successful French that she volition tally successful the adjacent national election.

As for whether she'll person a relation successful a Carney government, Freeland said it's up to the person to take who helium wants astatine his side.

WATCH | Freeland speaks aft enactment loss: 

New enactment leaders often marque a constituent of including the second-place finisher successful their authorities arsenic a amusement of enactment unity. But Freeland got conscionable 8 per cent of the ballot connected the archetypal ballot, truthful it's unclear what that means for her future.

Karina Gould, who near her relation arsenic Liberal House person to instrumentality a tally astatine the party's apical job, said she plans to tally again successful the adjacent national election. She placed 3rd connected Sunday with 3.2 per cent of the vote.

Frank Baylis, a Montreal businessman and erstwhile MP, placed 4th successful the contention with conscionable 3 per cent of the vote. He told CBC News he'd beryllium "very blessed to enactment Mr. Carney successful immoderate way" the leader thinks best.