Liberal Party members have chosen former central banker Mark Carney to be their new leader and the next prime minister of Canada.

Carney secured enough votes in the first round of voting to win the job, party president Sachit Mehra announced.

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      15 hours ago

      Extremely.

      A lot of polls put the Cons ahead of the Liberals by a few points, but trailing if Carney was leader.