After less than two months in politics, Mark Carney on Sunday was elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party. He will succeed Justin Trudeau as the country’s 24th prime minister.

Carney, a political novice, will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States and must hold a general election soon.

Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada, was overwhelmingly elected the leader of the Liberal Party and the Great White North's next prime minister on Sunday.