Mark Carney will launch his candidacy for the Liberal Party leadership at an event in Edmonton on Thursday, according to a notice from Calgary Skyview MP George Chahal.

Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada's central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, immediately becoming a frontrunner in the race.

Mark Carney announced his bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada surrounded by dozens of supporters in Edmonton on Thursday.

Carney disclosed his intentions to a crowd in Edmonton, Alberta, the western Canadian city where he spent the bulk of his youth, promising an economic agenda focused on lifting the country from a period of stagnant growth.

Mark Carney, the former central banker known for his tenure as Governor of both the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, has officially resigned from his position as Chairman of Brookfield

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday.

Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.

If successful, the former Bank of England governor would become Canada's interim prime minister ahead of the next general election

The former governor of the Canadian and British central banks announced he was running to become head of the Liberal Party and prime minister.

After months of what now appears to have been entirely accurate speculation over his rumoured political aspirations, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will officially launch his bid to replace outgoing Liberal leader — and, until his successor is selected, prime minister — Justin Trudeau in Edmonton later today.

Former central banker Mark Carney is due to formally kick off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau as the head of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister on Thursday, with the leader of the opposition already attacking his record.