Section 32 of the Parliament of Canada Act made Mark Carney ineligible to be Liberal leader or a member of Parliament.
32 (1) Except as specially provided in this Division,
(a) no person accepting or holding any office, commission or employment, permanent or temporary, in the service of the Government of Canada, at the nomination of the Crown or at the nomination of any of the officers of the Government of Canada, to which any salary, fee, wages, allowance, emolument or profit of any kind is attached,
is eligible to be a member of the House of Commons or shall sit or vote therein.