Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after a Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide. Carney is 59. He was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, on March 16,

He was born near the Arctic, led the central banks of two major economies, and is about to become Canada's next prime minister despite never having served in parliament. Mark Carney's path to the top job in Canadian politics has been unusual but,

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.