Monday might be the last St. Patrick's Day that Mark Carney can truly claim to be Irish, as Canada's newly sworn-in prime minister moves to renounce both his Irish and U.K. citizenships.

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.

"It's a tough decision, but it's been a decision that has been very heavily discussed, with my family in particular, for 10 ...

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.