The field is now set after the seeding round. Four Dippers, three 1990s Liberals, two men from the 19th Century, a pair of reformers, a world renowned human rights expert, and a handful of Tory Premiers and Cabinet Ministers. The top 50 are below; of note, Cartier gets the fourth seed for winning Quebec, and poor D’Arcy McGee can’t catch a break, losing the coin flip with Deb Grey for 15th place.
1. Robert Stanfield
2. Preston Manning
3. Ed Broadbent
4. George Etienne Cartier
5. Tommy Douglas
6. Lloyd Axworthy
7. Row Romanow
8. Peter Lougheed
9. John Crosbie
10. Stephen Lewis
11. Frank McKenna
12. Louise Arbour
13. Bill Davis
14. John Manley
15. Deb Grey
16. D’Arcy McGee
17. Mike Harris
18. Mitchell Sharp
19. CD Howe
20. Paul Martin Sr.
21. Dalton Camp
22. Flora MacDonald
23. Ralph Klein (err….)
24. Rene Levesque
25. Ernest Manning
26. Nellie McClung
27. Joseph Howe
28. Warren Kinsella (will be pleased he beat Stockwell)
29. Stockwell Day
30. Don Mazankowski
31. Alexa McDonough
32. JS Woodsworth
33. Clyde Wells
34. George Brown
35. David Lewis
36. Lucien Bouchard
37. Jean Lesage
38. Henri Bourassa
39. Allan Rock
40. Agnes McPhail
41. Iona Campagnolo
42. Gary Doer
43. Joey Smallwood
44. Allan MacEachen
45. Larry Campbell
46. Sheila Copps
47. Dave Barrett
48. Jean Marchand
49. Ed Schreyer
50. Barbara McDougall
Voting is now open and, once again, you can vote once a day until Tuesday at noon, when the contest closes. The winner of each matchup will advance to the next round under March Madness seeding rules. Over the long weekend, I plan to profile some of the matchups.
