UPDATE: With the poll closed, the high Maritime seeds have fallen. Levesque squeaked out a narrow 51-49% win, while Wacky Bennett topped Alex Campbell. The next battle will be posted tomorrow afternoon. Voting is now open for the Best Premier quarter-finals. Since not all of these men are household names outside of their own provinces, […]

C’est fini in Quebec, and we have our 10 champions as the “Best Premier” from their respective provinces. In order of length of service and, therefore, seeding: Nova Scotia: Angus MacDonald (1)Alberta: Peter Lougheed (2)PEI: Alex Campbell (3)New Brunswick: Louis Robichaud (4)Ontario: John Robarts (5)Saskatchewan: Grant Devine (6)Manitoba: Ed Schreyer (7)Newfoundland: Clyde Wells (8)Quebec: Jean […]

The only province yet to do in the Greatest Premier contest is the nation. Chuckercanuck has set up a poll at his site, with voting open until Saturday. Since Quebec has never been blessed with a neocon or NDP Premier, this one might avoid the usual freeping we saw in other provinces. So I encourage […]

With voting now closed in eight provinces, we’re ready to crown a handful of winners in the Best Premier Contest. Ontario featured the most exciting race. After leading for most of the contest, Harris fell behind in the three way duel, setting up John Robarts and Oliver Mowatt in the final. Alas, we were denied […]

Most of the first round Greatest Premier voting should be done by weekend’s end, and a few interesting races have developed. In the country’s most heated race, Ontario has turned into a three way battle between Oliver Mowat, Mike Harris, and John Robarts. As things sit now, it’s Robarts crowning Harris on the final ballot, […]

Things are in full swing in the search for Canada’s best Premier… -In Alberta, Manning and Klein are neck and neck with Lougheed nipping on their heels. My personal pick would have been John Brownlee, but without him in the poll, I’d have to reluctantly go with Lougheed. -In the search for BC’s least corrupt […]

Things are off and running in the search for Canada’s Best Premier. Since Premiers hate a strong central government, we’re going the asymmetrical federalism route for round one, and ten separate blogs are each using a technique of their own choosing to find our ten contenders. The first round should be done by Sunday, July […]

Still need 1 or 2 volunteers to host a province in the search for Canada’s Greatest Premier. I’m especially looking for some eager people willing to delve into a little Nova-Scotia and Newfoundland history. Drop me an e-mail (calgarygrit@gmail.com) if you’re interested.

After much discussion, I’ve decided to go with a “Canada’s Best Premier” contest for my summer fun activity (some people travel, some take up volleyball…I blog about history…). I recognize there may not be a ton of name recognition for all of these guys (and I say “guys” because they’re pretty much all guys), but […]