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Would Mark Carney be Canada’s first unelected prime minister?

Would Mark Carney be Canada’s first unelected prime minister?

OTTAWA — If Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race on Sunday, would he succeed Justin Trudeau as the first prime minister to be sworn in without first having been elected? The answer is no. In a way, history would be repeating itself, since the most recent precedent dates back over four decades to the […]

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