section_path: Prime Minister of Canada (2025–present)/2025 federal election
section_name: 2025 federal election
paragraph_text: 2025 federal election
  
  Carney was widely expected to call a federal parliamentary election for late April or early May 2025, ahead of the required election date in October. On March 22, the Liberal Party announced that Carney would contest the south Ottawa riding of Nepean in the election; ridings in Alberta had been floated given his personal connection to the province, particularly Edmonton, as were safe Liberal seats in Toronto and Ottawa. On March 23, Carney visited Governor General Mary Simon and asked to dissolve parliament and call an election for April 28. Carney and the Liberal Party subsequently won the election, winning 169 seats and falling 3 seats short of a majority. Carney also won the Nepean riding, making him the first prime minister since John A. Macdonald in the 1880s to represent a riding in the Ottawa area.