A political novice, the former governor of the Banks of Canada and England takes over from Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. Last July, the polling firm Abacus Data showed 1,989 Canadians the image of a blond man,

The UN’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Mark Carney, has won the race to lead Canada’s Liberal Party and, therefore, become the nation’s next Prime Minister.

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after he won Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide. Carney is 59.