Mansbridge One On One: Harper talks about Obama / Trudeau and Harper compared

[gsyh]

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[shuimei]

At the time Trudeau took office, he was the first French Prime Minister since Laurier
You forgot about Uncle Louis!

Well, ain't there an egg on my face now!

[gsyh]

I remembered him as "Uncle Louis" and I totally forgot his last name!

the route thing I have going on, since reading Ferguson's book

[gsyh]

Accurate impressions or not, this is how I remember how many PMs there were and who went first, it's like the Divorced-Beheaded-Died-Divorced-Beheaded-Survived thing with the Henry wives.

At present, I remember;
John A. Macdonald, founder of country and railway
(George E. Cartier, the other half of the government, and unofficial co-pm especially when JAM is druuuunk)
Mackenzie too honest for politics
Abbott the fill-in
Thompson the short-lived
Bowell the betrayed
Tupper because he struck around
Laurier the first French
Borden WWI
Meighen the unpopular
Mackenzie King the seance guy
Uncle Louis after the war
Bennet-Bennet-mobile
Dief the Chief who axed the avro
Pearson nobel peace prize
Pierre Trudeau constitution
Joe Clark too decent for politics
Turner the broken record dummy
Brian the Lying Brian
Kim Just Like Him
Jean Poutine (well he is a mess and he left a mess)

Re: the route thing I have going on, since reading Ferguson's book

[suitablyemoname]

Mmm.

McDonald
Mackenzie
McDonald
Bunch of Tories who you shouldn't even try to keep straight, none of who lasted more than a few months.
Laurier
Borden
Meighen
King
Meighen (King-Byng Affair.)
King
Bennett
King
King
King
King
King
King
St. Laurent
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Trudeau
Clark (winter-semester internship)
Trudeau
Turner
Mulroney
Campbell (as a summer job)
Chretien
Martin
Harper
--> You Are Here <--

All from memory. History++. :)

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[allhatnocattle]

I shudder to think of all the PM's that never made it onto the pinkie ($1000 bill)