Canada’s governing Liberal Party will announce the country’s new prime minister March 9 after a leadership vote that follows the resignation of Justin Trudeau this week.

The frontrunners for the Liberal leadership are former central banker Mark Carney and ex-Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland.

Freeland becomes one of the highest-profile candidates in the leadership contest, joining contenders including former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

OTTAWA--Canada's Liberal Party said its members will pick a new leader to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 9, setting the stage for an eight-week campaign that's likely to be shortly followed by a general election.

Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has launched her campaign to replace him as the leader of the Liberal party.

OTTAWA--Mark Carney, the former Canadian and U.K. central banker, formally declared Thursday his interest to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of Liberal Party and the country's prime minister, promising an economic agenda focused on lifting the country from a period of stagnant growth.

With Parliament prorogued, the Liberals will begin the process of finding a new leader as support for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives grows

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday, announced he would resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press, distributed by the Associated Press Share TORONTO — Canadian ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘s decision to step down in March will mark the end of a tumultuous era in the Canadian oilpatch that put the country’s energy sector on a collision course with a growing climate movement,

The federal Liberal ... my party and I look forward to the enthusiasm and renewal that only new leadership brings." A handful of candidates sought the leadership, with Kim Campbell — an experienced politician, yet first-term MP who had served as ...

Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next leader of the Liberal party and prime minister of Canada. She said in a statement posted on social media Friday morning she will launch her campaign officially on Sunday.