Macleans updates it’s 1997 list ranking Canada’s Best PMs, and produces the following top 10:

1. Wilf
2. Johnny Mac
3. The Lyon
4. Mikey B
5. PET
6. JC
7. Uncle Louis
8. Robbie B
9. Lyin’ Brian
10. The Chief

From top to bottom, it’s a well researched and thoughtful list. As someone who has read many Prime Ministerial bios and studied this in school, I’m not sure I would have shifted anyone on the list by more than a few spots from where they wound up (though I’d personally rank Macdonald first).

As some of you may recall, I ran a bracket-style contest along these lines on this blog in 2005 and, sure enough, Laurier defeated Macdonald in the final by a 403-340 vote. King and Trudeau both fell in the semi-finals.