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Front-runner Mark Carney and underdog Chrystia Freeland, both established, centrist policymakers, are vying to succeed Justin Trudeau amid grave threats to Canada from the United States.
March 9, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET
Two friends from Alberta, both with strong careers overseas and similar backgrounds — Harvard and Oxford graduates, members of the liberal global elite — are vying to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party and of the country just as Canada faces a generational crisis because of the Trump administration’s tariffs and sovereignty threats.
Some 400,000 Liberal Party members have been casting ballots in their party’s important leadership race to decide who will succeed Mr. Trudeau and mark a new era in Canadian politics. Whoever wins will have to call a general election, which must be held by October, but could take place sooner.
The results of the election will be announced at a special event in Ottawa, the capital, at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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Who are the candidates?
The race is between Mark Carney, 59, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England and a prominent green investor, and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, 56, whose resignation triggered Mr. Trudeau’s decision to step down. Surveys have shown Mr. Carney is the front-runner.
