Canada Elections: Prime Minister Carney’s Liberal Party to lead fourth consecutive government

Canada’sMarkCarneyreactedtowinningelectionasprimeministerMonday.(Reuters) Canada’sLiberalPartyisprojectedtowinthecountry’sfederalelectionforthefourthconsecutivetime. TheLiberals,ledbyCanadianPrimeMinisterMarkCarney,whotookoverafterJustinTrudeauresignedearlierthisyear,wontheelectioninashockingturnaroundsparkedbyU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump’sthreatsofannexationandhistariffsonAmerica’scloseallyandnorthernneighbor. AsoflateMonday,theLiberalPartywasleadingwith161seatswoninParliamentasopposedtothe150seatsheldbytheConservativeParty.Apartyneedstowin172ofParliament’s343seatstoholdthemajority. CarneywonhisOttawaridingonMonday.HeisthefirstprimeministertorepresentacapitalridingsinceCanada’sfirstprimeminister,JohnA.Macdonald.FormerLiberaldeputyprimeministerandfinanceministerChrystiaFreeland,whoseresignationlastDecemberledtoTrudeauannouncinghisplanstoresigninJanuary,wonre-