2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

2025 Liberal leadership election
Date	March 9, 2025
Convention	Rogers Centre, Ottawa
Resigning leader	Justin Trudeau
Won by	Mark Carney
Candidates	4
Entrance fee	$350,000
Spending limit	$5,000,000
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2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
34,300 points available; 17,151 points needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	151,899 (92.7%)
Leader before election; Justin Trudeau;	Elected Leader ; Mark Carney;

From February 26 to March 9, 2025,^[7]^[8] members of the Liberal Party of Canada voted on a successor for Justin Trudeau after he announced his intent to resign as the party leader and prime minister of Canada.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada, won the ranked-choice voting (RCV) election with over 85% of the first-preference vote and points, as well as a majority in all 343 ridings.^[13]^[14] This margin of victory surpassed Justin Trudeau's 2013 leadership victory margin in vote share, points, and ridings.^[13]

Carney was sworn in as prime minister on March 14,^[15] the first prime minister in Canadian history to not have previously held elected office.^[16] Carney subsequently called a snap federal election on March 23, where he will run in Nepean.^[17]^[18]

^ "2025 Leadership Vote Results". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
^ Cite error: The named reference Ottawa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Meade, Andrew (March 10, 2025). "Liberals celebrate incoming prime minister Carney's victory as new party leader". The Hill Times. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
^ Tunney, Catharine (March 9, 2025). "In landslide win, Mark Carney chosen as new Liberal Party leader and next PM". CBC.
^ Cite error: The named reference LPCannounce was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Liberal Party of Canada announces Leadership Expense Rules". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
^ Zimonjic, Peter (February 26, 2025). "Voting for the new Liberal leader has begun. Here's how the process works". CBC. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "In the news today: Liberals advance voting begins, Mark Carney still frontrunner". The Canadian Press. February 26, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ Fife, Robert; Walsh, Merieke (January 5, 2025). "Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national caucus meeting Wednesday". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ Tunney, Catharine; Cochrane, David (January 6, 2025). "Trudeau resigning as Liberal leader". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ Cotten, Amadha (February 23, 2025). "Who is next after Justin Trudeau?". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
^ Murphy, Jessica; Yousif, Nadine. "Who might replace Trudeau as Liberal Party leader?". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Liberal leadership race: Mark Carney elected in a landslide". CBC. March 9, 2025. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
^ Aiello, Rachel; Nersessian, Mary; Hahn, Phil (March 9, 2025). "Results are in, Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership race. Follow for live updates". CTVNews. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
^ Tasker, John Paul (March 14, 2025). "Carney sworn in as prime minister with a reworked cabinet filled with new faces". CBC. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
^ Tunney, Catharine (March 9, 2025). "In landslide win, Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney as new leader and next PM". CBC News.
^ Van Dyck, Spencer; Aiello, Rachel (March 23, 2025). "Election campaign begins, as leaders start making their pitches to Canadians". CTV News. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
^ "Mark Carney to run for seat in Ottawa's Nepean riding". CBC News. March 22, 2025.

[results-1] "2025 Leadership Vote Results". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2025.

[Ottawa-2] Cite error: The named reference Ottawa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Meade, Andrew (March 10, 2025). "Liberals celebrate incoming prime minister Carney's victory as new party leader". The Hill Times. Retrieved March 10, 2025.

[4] Tunney, Catharine (March 9, 2025). "In landslide win, Mark Carney chosen as new Liberal Party leader and next PM". CBC.

[LPCannounce-5] Cite error: The named reference LPCannounce was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[LPCexpense-6] "Liberal Party of Canada announces Leadership Expense Rules". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

[7] Zimonjic, Peter (February 26, 2025). "Voting for the new Liberal leader has begun. Here's how the process works". CBC. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[votingbegins-8] "In the news today: Liberals advance voting begins, Mark Carney still frontrunner". The Canadian Press. February 26, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[9] Fife, Robert; Walsh, Merieke (January 5, 2025). "Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national caucus meeting Wednesday". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[TR-10] Tunney, Catharine; Cochrane, David (January 6, 2025). "Trudeau resigning as Liberal leader". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[11] Cotten, Amadha (February 23, 2025). "Who is next after Justin Trudeau?". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 23, 2025.

[12] Murphy, Jessica; Yousif, Nadine. "Who might replace Trudeau as Liberal Party leader?". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025.

[electedliberalleader-13] "Liberal leadership race: Mark Carney elected in a landslide". CBC. March 9, 2025. Retrieved March 9, 2025.

[14] Aiello, Rachel; Nersessian, Mary; Hahn, Phil (March 9, 2025). "Results are in, Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership race. Follow for live updates". CTVNews. Retrieved March 9, 2025.

[15] Tasker, John Paul (March 14, 2025). "Carney sworn in as prime minister with a reworked cabinet filled with new faces". CBC. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

[16] Tunney, Catharine (March 9, 2025). "In landslide win, Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney as new leader and next PM". CBC News.

[FederalElectionCalled-17] Van Dyck, Spencer; Aiello, Rachel (March 23, 2025). "Election campaign begins, as leaders start making their pitches to Canadians". CTV News. Retrieved March 23, 2025.

[18] "Mark Carney to run for seat in Ottawa's Nepean riding". CBC News. March 22, 2025.

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