If Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race on Sunday, would he succeed Justin Trudeau as the first prime minister to be ...

If Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race on Sunday, he would not be the first prime minister to be sworn in without ...

On Feb. 29, 1984, then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau announced his intention to step down. On June 16 of that year, John Turner, at that point without a seat — so, unelected — won the Liberal ...

In June 1984, the unelected John Turner won the party leadership and succeeded Pierre Trudeau as prime minister two weeks later.

But he is the 14th leader of the Liberal Party and he will soon become the 24th prime minister of Canada ... be said to hang over Carney's ascent: John Turner and Michael Ignatieff.

In June 1984, the unelected John Turner won the party leadership and succeeded Pierre Trudeau as prime minister two weeks later. The Liberals went down to Brian Mulroney's Progressive ...

An election must be held by Oct. 20. Carney could legally serve as prime minister without a seat in the House of Commons but tradition dictates that he should seek to win one as soon as possible. In ...