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Electoral history of Mark Carney

Carney in 2020

Mark Carney has been the 24th Prime Minister of Canada since March 14, 2025 and the member of Parliament (MP) for Nepean since April 28, 2025. Unlike all of his predecessors, Carney is the first prime minister to have never held an elected public political office in Canada prior to his appointment as prime minister. Carney led the Liberal Party of Canada to a fourth consecutive victory at the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Overview

Electoral history of Mark Carney — Federal general elections
Year Party Votes Seats Position
Total % ±% Total ±
2025 Liberal 8,566,674 TBD TBD +8 Minority government
Electoral history of Mark Carney — Federal constituency elections
Year Riding Party Votes for Carney Result Swing
Total % P. ±%
2025 Nepean Liberal TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Electoral history of Mark Carney — party leadership elections
Year Party Votes % Pts P. Result
2025 Liberal Party of Canada 131,674 86.84 29,456.91 1st Won

Federal general elections

Federal general election: 2025

For more detailed tables of election results, see 2025 Canadian federal election.
For information about the 45th Parliament, 2025 to present, see 45th Canadian Parliament.
For information about Carney and political events during the 45th Parliament, see Mark Carney § Prime Minister of Canada (2025–present).
Canadian Federal Election, 2025 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
Party Leaders Seats Won Popular Vote
Liberal Mark Carney1 169 43.7%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre2 143 41.3%
Bloc Québécois Yves-François Blanchet 23 6.3%
New Democratic Jagmeet Singh 7 6.3%
Green Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault 1 1.3%
Total 343 98.9%3

1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; not a Member of Parliament after the election;
3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Federal constituency elections

Federal election, 2025: Nepean

2025 Canadian federal election: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Mark Carney 46,073 63.78 +18.04
Conservative Barbara Bal 24,017 33.25 −0.12
New Democratic Shyam Shukla 1,424 1.97 −14.25
Green Greg Hopkins 462 0.64 −1.30
People's Eric Fleury 261 0.36 −2.37
Total valid votes/expense limit 72,237 99.42
Total rejected ballots 420 0.58
Turnout 72,657 77.94
Eligible voters 93,224
Liberal notional hold Swing +9.08
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2025 Liberal Party leadership election

Main article: 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

Mark Carney won the 2025 Liberal Party leadership election on the first ballot.

Leadership election results[3]
Candidate First ballot
Votes cast % Points allocated %
Mark Carney 131,674 86.84% 29,456.91 85.9%
Chrystia Freeland 11,134 7.34% 2,728.57 8.0%
Karina Gould 4,785 3.16% 1,100.34 3.2%
Frank Baylis 4,038 2.66% 1,014.18 3.0%
Rejected Ballots 0 – – –
Total 151,899 100.00 34,300 100.00
Abstained 268 – – –
Electors 163,836 – – –

See also

References

  1. ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 Leadership Vote Results". liberal.ca. Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2025.