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Mark Carney to announce Canadian election and will run in Ottawa’s Nepean riding

Mark Carney speaks from a podium backed by rows of Canadian national, provincial and territorial flags
Mark Carney will stand for election in the Ottawa seat of Nepean as he takes Canada to a general election. Photograph: Sean Kilpatrick/AP

Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean as the new Canadian prime minister seeks to join parliament for the first time, his Liberal party has announced.

Carney on Sunday is predicted to trigger an early general election on 28 April. The Liberals said on Saturday that Carney would run to represent the suburban riding, or district, of Nepean, noting in a social media post that Ottawa is where he raised his family and devoted his career to public service. He previously served as the head of Canada’s central bank and before that as deputy.

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