Electoral history of Mark Carney

Carney in 2025

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	43.8%	+11.2	169 / 343	+17	Minority government

Electoral history of Mark Carney — Federal constituency elections

Year	Riding	Party		Votes for Carney				Result	Swing
				Total	%	P.	±%
2025	Nepean		Liberal	46,073	63.78%	1st	+18.04	Elected		Hold

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	43.8%
	Conservative	Pierre Poilievre 2	144	41.3%
	Bloc Québécois	Yves-François Blanchet	22	6.3%
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	7	6.3%
	Green	Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault	1	1.2%
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

v t e 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

• Electoral history of Justin Trudeau – Carney's predecessor as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister.
• Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre – Carney's principal opponent in the 2025 general election.

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.