Banker-turned-politician’s rise to Canada’s highest elected office arrives at a pivotal moment for America’s northern neighbor’s economy and its relationship with the U.S.

Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has deep Irish roots, whose paternal grandparents were from Co Mayo, and has held Irish citizenship since the 1980s, and will now look to navigate a fraugh

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader in a landside vote.