Earlier this week, the Liberal Party of Canada revealed their new leader (and, by extension, the new prime minister-designate of Canada) in one Mark Carney, whose landslide victory with 85.9% of the first ballot votes is made especially significant by the fact that he will be first prime minister in history never to have held elected office

T ORONTO — Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, annexation threats and an expected federal election.

The newly-named leader of the federal Liberal Party will be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister today. Mark Carney, who easily won the federal leadership race on Sunday, will be sworn in by Governor General Mary Simon in a ceremony at Rideau Hall at 11 a.