Former Bank of Canada governor, who raised millions of dollars more than his opponents, won on the first ballot
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The 400,000 Liberal members had until 3 p.m. ET to cast their ballot, with 151,000 votes cast. It is a preferential ballot, which means that voters ranked the candidates in order of preference. Carney won on the first ballot. But if he had to obtained less than 50 per cent of voters’ first choices at the first round, the candidate who obtained the lowest number of first choices would be eliminated, and that person’s second choices would be distributed to other candidates. That process would have continued until a candidate obtained a majority of the votes.
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