A political novice, the former governor of the Banks of Canada and England takes over from Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. Last July, the polling firm Abacus Data showed 1,989 Canadians the image of a blond man,

Canada’s next leader is a relative political newcomer, coming instead from a decades-long career in finance where he steered governments through major global crises and periods of upheaval – experience he’s hoping to now leverage as he prepares to take over from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Mark J. Carney ’87 defeated fellow Harvard College alum Chrystia A. Freeland ’90 and two other Liberal Party candidates to become the 24th Prime Minister of Canada and the new leader of the Canadian Liberal Party on Sunday afternoon.