section_path: Transition to the premiership of Mark Carney
section_name: Transition to the premiership of Mark Carney
paragraph_text: Transition to the premiership of Mark Carney
  
  The Liberal Party held a leadership race in February and March, with four candidates: Frank Baylis, Carney, Freeland, and Gould. In the vote held on March 9, 2025, Carney won 85.9% of the votes, with Freeland coming second at 8.0%.
  
  Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and former governor of the Bank of England, was sworn in as prime minister by Governor General Mary Simon on March 14, 2025, with a restructured Cabinet. On March 23, 2025, he advised the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, scheduling a snap election for April 28, 2025. Carney later won the election, overturning a large pre-election polling deficit to form a minority government, with 169 out of the 172 seats needed to form a majority government.