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

As Canada’s 45th federal campaign gets underway, author and historian Arthur Milnes offers up a 45-question quiz to see how ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Jan. 6 that he would resign once the Liberal Party of Canada had concluded ... For example, John Turner became prime minister in 1984 after ...

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 Party of ...

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.

Canada’s new prime minister came out swinging against ... has not fared well in a general election. In 1984, Liberal John Turner lost to Conservative Brian Mulroney, who formed a majority ...

according to Statistics Canada, and multiple recent party leaders have held dual citizenship. (The last prime minister to hold dual citizenship was John Turner during his brief tenure in 1984.) ...

This prime minister flew across the Atlantic to ask Canada’s Sovereign to delay a visit to Canada so he could call an election. Show Answer John Napier Turner. Sworn-in as the 17th prime ...

In the ensuing Liberal leadership election, John Turner got the nod ahead of ... is held by Conservative Sir Charles Tupper, Canada’s fifth prime minister. Way back in 1896, Tupper sat in ...