Frontrunners include Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney, who are making the case they can guide Canada through domestic and international issues. At the top of the list: mounting trade tensions with the United States.

TORONTO (TNND) — Canada's Liberty Party has elected former central banker Mark Carney to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid a trade war with the United States. Carney, 59, won in a landslide with 85.9% of the vote.