Mark Carney was appointed as Canada’s 24th prime minister by Governor General Mary Simon this morning at a ceremony at Rideau Hall, and a new cabinet was sworn-in.
Carney, a former governor of the central banks of Canada and England, was appointed to the highest office by virtue of his win in the Liberal leadership race, which concluded on March 9.
Carney hence became the first prime minister in Canadian history to be appointed to the role without ever having held elected office.
There is an expectation the new prime minister could ask Simon to dissolve Parliament in the coming days to launch an election. Carney will want to win a House of Commons seat and could seek to obtain a stronger mandate from the electorate during a period of turbulence caused by U.S. tariffs….