On March 23, Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap federal election for April 28. Carney won the race to become leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party earlier this month. In January, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had stepped down, requiring the ruling Liberal Party to hold their election to replace him. A federal election was expected to be held on October 20 of this year, but the Liberal Party was not able to form a majority government, which caused Carney to have to call for this earlier election date.