Liberal party leader Mark Carney is pitted against Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives and opinion polls show Carney’s Liberals have a narrow lead ahead of voting. Mark Carney has had a distinguished career.

Carney was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, in a family of teachers with three out of four grandparents hailing from County Mayo in Ireland.

While the Conservatives initially had an advantage when Justin Trudeau resigned as Prime Minister and Liberal leader, recent opinion polls show the Liberal Party has gained an upper hand coming into polling day.