Judging from the feedback, I’ve decided to follow up last year’s “Greatest Prime Minister” contest with a “Greatest Prime Minister…We Never Had”. The question is simple “Which politician who never rose to the highest office would have made for our finest Prime Minister?”.

I’m still toying around with format, but I suspect there will be an open round with four groups (likely geographic regions), to narrow the field down to eight. At that point, the candidates will be bracketed and will face off one-on-one in knock out matches until a winner is crowned.

Unlike with Greatest PM, the field is close to infinite here so I’m opening the floor up for nominations. Below are a few of the candidates who I think should be included; any other suggestions will be added to the list for first round. So let’s hear some names of who you think would have made for a great Prime Minister if given the chance.

Robert Stanfield
Joey Smallwood
Frank McKenna
John Crosbie
Joseph Howe
Allan MacEachen
George Murray
Jean Lesage
George Etienne Cartier
Ernest Lapointe
Rene Levesque
Lucien Bouchard
Ed Broadbent
Mitchell Sharp
Paul Martin Sr.
CD Howe
Oliver Mowat
Bill Davis
David Lewis
Agnes McPhail
Flora MacDonald
John Manley
Sheila Copps
John Bracken
Preston Manning
Tommy Douglas
JS Woodsworth
HH Stevens
Lloyd Axworthy
Peter Lougheed
Ernest Manning
Nellie McClung